Building Act 1975

This section applies if—

a person wishes to make a building development application to the local government; and

if the application were made, it would be a properly made application; and

a private certifier (class A) is not engaged for the application; and

if a private certifier (class B) is engaged for the application—the private certifier (class B) has not entered into an agreement mentioned in section 140(3) for the proposed application.

The local government must do the following—

under the Planning Act, chapter 3, receive, assess and decide the application;

appoint or employ a private certifier or another building certifier to perform building certifying functions for—

the application; and

if the building development approval applied for is granted—the building work.

If—

a private certifier (class A) has granted a building development approval; and

the engagement of a private certifier to inspect and certify the building work is discontinued; and

the building work has not been certified;

This section is subject to sections 31 and 52.

In this section—nominated owner, of a building, means the person who, under the most recent building development application for the building, was nominated in the application as the person to receive the inspection documentation for building work for the building.