Building Act 2004

This division deals with building approvals for building work carried out on land and how the owner of the land may apply for building approval.

Section 27 to section 30A affect the issue of building approvals as follows:

section 27 provides that a certifier must not consider an application for building approval unless, among other things, the accompanying plans comply with the requirements prescribed by regulation;

section 28 provides that an application for building approval must be approved if the plans meet each approval requirement under section 29, and deals with how the approval is given;

section 28A sets out how a building approval is marked on plans;

section 29 sets out the approval requirements for the plans;

section 30 and section 30A set out when an application for building approval must be refused.