Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

A certifier is not to issue an occupation certificate for a building that is of a class prescribed by the regulations unless a building manual for the building has been prepared and provided to the owner of the building in accordance with the requirements of the regulations.

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to building manuals and, in particular, for or with respect to the following—

the preparation, form and maintenance of building manuals,

the content of a building manual (including requirements that a building manual identify in a consolidated format matters for on-going compliance in relation to the building concerned),

the inspection of building manuals,

extending the circumstances in which a building manual is required to be prepared and provided under this section.