Building Act 1993

section 168(2)

1. Building lines to be fixed for buildings in relation to public roads.

2. Design and siting of buildings.

3. Preparation of land for building work.

4. Fire prevention, fire fighting equipment and precautions.

5. Classification of buildings and the application of the Regulations to different classes of buildings.

6. Certificates of accreditation for building products, construction methods, designs, components or systems.

7. Form and contents of plans and specifications for building work.

8. Structural strength of building work and materials.

9. Prevention of flooding of buildings and prescribing zones or areas as flood prone zones or areas and for the application of provisions of the Regulations that provide for reducing the likelihood of damage that may be caused to a building or structure by flooding in a zone or area so prescribed.

10. Moisture resistance of buildings.

11. Heating, cooling and air conditioning of buildings.

12. Regulating the manner of alteration and demolition of and additions to buildings.

13. Occupation of buildings and any change of classification, use and occupation of buildings.

14. Regulating fixtures projecting from buildings and dangers arising out of projections from building work.

15. Use of public space for building work.

16. Noise resistant construction of buildings.

17. Regulating the environmental efficiency of buildings.

18. Utility, safety and hygiene services located in, or related to, buildings.

19. Access to and egress from buildings.

20. The management and use of buildings, places and temporary structures used or proposed to be used for the purposes of public assembly.

20A. The control, regulation and standards for places of public assembly, temporary structures and related building applications.

21. The issue, duration, revocation and suspension of occupancy certification.

22. The imposition, variation and rescission of conditions of occupancy certification.

23. The manner and form of, and the fees payable in connection with, occupancy certification and applications for occupancy certification.

24. The variation of the application of the Regulations to or in respect of the holder of occupancy certification or the owner or occupier of a building, place or temporary structure used for public assembly, to which occupancy certification relates.

25. Making, keeping and production of records and returns.

26. Keeping of registers of occupancy certification.

27. Building permits.

28. Proceedings of the Practitioners Board.

29. Proceedings of the Appeals Board.

30. Proceedings of the Advisory Committee.

31. Fees payable for applications, referrals and appeals, and for other services provided and work done by the Director and other persons and bodies, under this Act.

32. Application of fees or a proportion of the fees received by building certifiers or other persons or bodies under the Act, including payment of money to the Director to be used for the purposes of the Act.

33. Procedure for making appeals under the Act or the Regulations.

34. Requiring public authorities to comply with any or all of the technical requirements of the Regulations.

35. Provision of copies of reports by reporting authorities and reports by such authorities.

36. Requiring, licensing and regulating the erection, maintenance and use of hoardings and fences on public places for the protection of the public during building work.

37. Regulation of the approval, construction and use of temporary structures.

38. Exemption of persons or classes of persons, or buildings or classes of buildings, or building work or classes of building work, from any or all of the provisions of this Act or the Regulations.

39. Insurance requirements for persons carrying out building work, building certifiers and other building practitioners.

39A. Continuing professional development requirements for building practitioners.

40. Procedure for applications, referrals and appeals to the Appeals Board.

41. The seal of the Appeals Board.

42. Inspection of registers kept by the Director.

43. Service of documents under this Act.

44. The issue of building certificates relating to notices and orders under this Act and the Regulations and ancillary matters.

45. Fees to be paid for the performance of a function under the Act by the Director including amounts for the recovery of costs incurred in performing the function.

46. The criteria for establishing the suitability of buildings for occupation.

47. The type of building work that building practitioners may carry out.

48. The building work that may only be carried out by building practitioners.

49. The threshold value for building work that may only be carried out by building practitioners.

50. The threshold value for building work carried out by owner-builders.

51. The method for determining the value of building work for the purposes of this Act.

53. Exemption certificates.

54. The making and giving of declarations.

55. Consumer protection in relation to prescribed residential building work carried out, or to be carried out, by a residential builder in connection with a building owned by a public authority.

56. Information sharing between persons exercising powers or performing functions under this Act.