Building Act 2004

The owner of a parcel of land may, in writing, apply to the certifier for a building approval for building work to be carried out on the land.

The application must—

be accompanied by the number of copies of the plans relating to the proposed work prescribed under the regulations; and

nominate the kind of certificate of occupancy for which the applicant proposes to apply; and

be accompanied by a waste management plan if the building work involves—

the demolition of a building; or

the alteration of a building other than a class 1, class 2 or class 10a building; and

be accompanied by an asbestos removal control plan if a building to which the building work relates—

is a class 1, class 2, class 3 or class 4 building, or a class 10 building associated with a class 1, class 2, class 3 or class 4 building; and

was erected before, or the erection of which started before, 1985; and

if there is an asbestos assessment report for premises to which the building work relates—be accompanied by a copy of the asbestos assessment report unless the applicant cannot obtain the report after taking reasonable steps; and

if there is development approval for development to which the building work relates—be accompanied by a copy of the development approval, unless the applicant cannot obtain a copy of the approval after taking reasonable steps; and

if there is an exemption assessment D notice for development to which the building work relates—be accompanied by a copy of the exemption assessment D notice; and

if required under an energy efficiency provision—be accompanied by an energy efficiency certificate; and

if the development to which the building work relates is a development proposal to which the Planning (Exempt Development) Regulation 2023, schedule 1, section 1.18 applies—be accompanied by a written notice that the section has been complied with within 2 years before the day the application is made.

The regulations may require the application to contain other details or be accompanied by other material.

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