Building Amendment Regulations 2011 (TAS)

Building Amendment Regulations 2011

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Building Act 2000 .29 August 2011

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID J. O’BYRNE

Minister for Workplace Relations

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Building Amendment Regulations 2011 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 29 August 2011. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Building Regulations 2004 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 18 amended (Granting of building permits) Regulation 18(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) : (ca) a certificate of likely compliance has been granted in respect of the development and states that the development – (i) does not require a planning permit under Part 4 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; and (ii) is not prohibited by a planning scheme, or interim order in force, under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; (b) by omitting paragraph (ea) and substituting the following paragraph: (ea) in the case of an application by an owner builder, a copy has been obtained of the certificate of likely compliance, granted for the building work that is the subject of the application; (c) by omitting paragraph (f) . 5Regulation 19 amended (Permit for staged works) Regulation 19(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "building permit" second occurring and substituting "permission". 6Regulation 20 amended (Distribution of documents) Regulation 20(1)(b)(i) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting "each page of" after "endorse". 7Regulation 35 amended (Infringement notices) Regulation 35(3) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "or Director is to forward a copy of it to the authorised body who accredited the building practitioner" and substituting "is to forward a copy of it to the Director". 8Regulation 48 amended (Safety and health records to be kept) Regulation 48(4) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "permit authority" first occurring and substituting "an authorised person".

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 August 2011

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the

(a) revising the matters that a permit authority is to take into account when considering an application for a building permit; and (b) making minor amendments of an administrative nature.