Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

BUILDING ACT 1972 (REPEALED) - SECT 39

    (1)     If—

        (a)     building work in relation to which a building approval has been granted is being carried out at or near to a street or place that is open to or used by the public; and

        (b)     a building inspector finds, on inspection, that inadequate safety precautions in connection with the building work are being taken to protect the safety of persons using that street or place;

the building inspector may direct that the safety precautions the inspector specifies and are reasonable in the circumstances be taken in relation to that building work.

    (2)     Subsection (1) applies—

        (a)     whether or not safety precautions were submitted to the certifier who issued the building approval; and

        (b)     if safety precautions were submitted—those precautions are being observed.

    (3)     The licensee in charge of the building work shall comply with a direction under subsection (1).