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BUILDING ACT 2004 - SECT 139BA Approval of guidelines

BUILDING ACT 2004 - SECT 139BA

Approval of guidelines

    (1)     The Minister may approve guidelines for this Act.

Note     A power given under an Act to make a statutory instrument (including a code of practice) includes power to amend or repeal the instrument (see Legislation Act

, s 46 (1)).

    (2)     A guideline may set out standards and other matters about building approval applications, documentation, plans and specifications for building work.

    (3)     An approved guideline is a disallowable instrument.

Note 1     A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

Note 2     An amendment or repeal of a code of practice is also a disallowable instrument (see Legislation Act

, s 46 (2)).

    (4)     The construction occupations registrar must make a copy of a guideline, and any instrument applied (with or without change) by the guideline, available for public inspection during ordinary office hours at—

        (a)     the office of the construction occupations registrar; or

        (b)     another place prescribed by regulation.

Note     A reference to an instrument includes a reference to a provision of an instrument (see Legislation Act

, s 14 (2)).

    (5)     In this section:

"applied" includes adopted and incorporated.