Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Terms of complying development certificate A complying development certificate is a certificate—

that states that particular proposed development is complying development and (if carried out as specified in the certificate) will comply with all development standards applicable to the development and with other requirements prescribed by the regulations concerning the issue of a complying development certificate, and

in the case of development involving the erection of a building, that identifies the classification of the building in accordance with the Building Code of Australia.

A complying development certificate may indicate different classifications for different parts of the same building.

Erection of buildings A complying development certificate that enables the erection of a building is sufficient to authorise the use of the building when erected for the purpose for which it was erected if that purpose is specified in the application for the complying development certificate, subject to section 6.9.

Subdivision of land A complying development certificate that enables the subdivision of land may authorise the carrying out of any physical activity in, on, under or over land in connection with the subdivision, including the construction of roads and stormwater drainage systems.

Other requirements for complying development certificates The regulations—

may impose other requirements concerning the issue of complying development certificates, and

may provide for the form in which a complying development certificate is to be issued.

A complying development certificate has no effect to the extent that it requires a compliance certificate to be obtained in respect of any development.

For the purposes of this section, development standard includes a provision of a development control plan that would be a development standard, within the meaning of section 1.4, if the provision were in an environmental planning instrument.