Building Act 1993

(a) applies in relation to building work approved or commenced before 1 September 1993; and

(2) If, before the commencement, a repealed Act occupancy application had been made in relation to building work but the application had not been determined, the application:

(b) must be determined under Part 8 of this Act as in force after the commencement.

(a) a repealed Act occupancy application must not be made in relation to building work; but

(b) an application for occupancy certification under Part 8 of this Act as in force after the commencement may be made in relation to the work.

(4) For the purposes of determining an application mentioned in subsection (2) or (3):

(a) a reference in Part 8 to a building permit granted for building work is taken to be a reference to a building approval given under Part III of the repealed Act; and

(b) a reference to a requirement under the Act or the Regulations (however expressed) in that Part, except as set out in the Table to this section, is taken to be a reference to such a requirement:

(i) under the repealed Act, or the regulations made under the repealed Act; and

(ii) that was in force when the building work was approved or commenced.

Table of exceptions