Building Act 1993

(1) The Administrator may make Regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters:

(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Regulations may make provision for or with respect to the matters listed in Schedule 1.

(i) in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or

(ii) approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person or body or a person or body of a specified class of person or body;

(b) confer a discretionary authority on a specified person or body or a person or body of a specified class of person or body;

(c) provide, in a specified case or class of case, for the exemption of persons or things from the application of the Regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions or conditions additionally imposed and either wholly or to such an extent as is specified or otherwise determined.

(4) The Regulations may contain such incidental, supplementary, savings and transitional provisions as are necessary or convenient.

(5) The Regulations may prescribe a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, an additional fine not exceeding 10 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues, for an offence against a regulation.

Note for section 168

See section 51(1) and (2) in relation to the application of a regulation or an amendment to a regulation to building work for which a building permit was granted, or in respect of which substantial progress had been made on the design of the building, before the commencement of the regulation or amendment.