Granting occupancy permit
70 Granting occupancy permit
A building certifier must not grant an occupancy permit unless the building, or part of the building, concerned is suitable for occupation and complies in all material respects with the Regulations.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
(2) A building certifier must not grant an occupancy permit unless:
the application for the occupancy permit was accompanied by the documents prescribed for Schedule 3, clause 3; and
the building work to which the occupancy permit relates is consistent with those documents; and
if, at the time the application for the occupancy permit was made, the building permit for the building work was no longer in force:
the building work specified in the building permit that is essential to the class of the building was carried out while the building permit was in force; and
the building work complies with any further criteria prescribed by regulation.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
This provision refers to the regulations (the Regulations
, prescribed by regulation
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