Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT - SECT 59

    (1)     A building certifier shall not grant a building permit unless:

        (a)     the building work and the building permit will comply with this Act and the Regulations;

        (b)     all relevant planning or other prescribed consents, reports or approvals, if any (including consents or reports referred to in clause 5 of Schedule 3), have been obtained or are to be granted or supplied concurrently with the building permit and the building permit is consistent with those consents and approvals; and

        (c)     all planning or other prescribed conditions, if any, will be complied with.

Penalty:     $10,000.

    (1A)     A building certifier must not grant a building permit for building work prescribed for section 48B unless the building contractor has provided evidence in the approved form to the building certifier that there is in force a contract as required by the section.

    (1B)     A building certifier must not grant a building permit for building work to which Part 4C applies unless the building contractor or the owner-builder has provided evidence in the approved form to the building certifier that there is in force a policy of insurance as required by the Part.

    (1C)     A building certifier must not grant a building permit relying on a certificate under section 40 unless he or she is satisfied that the certificate was issued by a person who is registered as a building practitioner.

    (1D)     A building certifier must specify in a building permit granted for building work prescribed for Part 4A or 4B the inspection stages prescribed for section 62(2).

    (2)     A building certifier shall not, in granting a building permit, impose on the applicant lesser standards or requirements than those prescribed, unless permitted to do so by or under this Act.

Penalty:     $10,000.