Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

BUILDING ACT 1972 (REPEALED) - SECT 36A

    (1)     Subject to section 35A and this section, a building approval is valid until the end of—

        (a)     the period of 3 years beginning on the day of its issue; or

        (b)     the development period applicable to the building work;

whichever sooner occurs.

    (2)     If the development period applicable to the building work is extended, the certifier may, subject to subsection (3), extend the period of validity of the building approval to a day that is no later than the day the extended development period ends.

    (3)     Nothing in subsection (2) authorises the extension of the period of validity of a building approval to a day that is more than 3 years after the day the approval was issued.

    (4)     In this section:

"development period" means a period within which, under another law or a condition of the relevant lease, the building work is required to be completed.