Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020

In this Act, design compliance declaration means a declaration in the form and manner prescribed by the regulations as to the following—

whether or not a regulated design prepared for building work complies with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia,

whether or not the design complies with other applicable requirements prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection,

whether or not other standards, codes or requirements have been applied in preparing the design,

any other matter prescribed by the regulations.

In this Act, principal compliance declaration means a declaration in the form and manner prescribed by the regulations as to the following—

whether or not a design compliance declaration has been provided in accordance with this Act for each regulated design prepared for the building work,

whether or not each design compliance declaration has been provided by a registered design practitioner whose registration authorises the practitioner to provide a declaration as to the matters to which the declaration relates,

any other matter prescribed by the regulations.

In this Act, building compliance declaration means a declaration made in the form and manner prescribed by the regulations as to the following—

whether or not the building work complies with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia,

whether or not the building work complies with other applicable requirements prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection,

if the building work does not comply with the requirements referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), the steps required to be taken to ensure compliance,

for a regulated design used for the building work, whether or not the design was prepared by a registered design practitioner and the building work was built in accordance with the design,

whether or not a design compliance declaration has been obtained in relation to regulated designs used for the building work,

whether or not a registered principal design practitioner was appointed in relation to the building work,

whether or not a principal compliance declaration was obtained in relation to the regulated designs and design compliance declarations relating to the building work,

any other matter prescribed by the regulations.