Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Part 1 Preliminary
   1.      Citation
   2.      Interpretation
   3.      Exemptions
           Part 2 Building standards
   4.      Building Code, &c., adopted
   5.      Accrediting persons or bodies
   6.      Application for building permit
   7.      Time for the supply of additional information
   8.      Reporting authority
   9.      Limitation of time for reporting authority
   10.     Limitation of time for building certifier to decide application for building permit
   11.     Prescribed approvals for the purposes of section 59(1)(b) and (c)
   12.     Historic buildings
   13.     Duration of building permit
   14.     Distribution of plans and drawings
   15.     Access to records
           Part 3 Inspections, building permits and occupancy permits
           Division 1 Inspections
   15A.    Inspection stages
   16.     Drainage works to be notified
           Division 2 Building permits
   16A.    Documents relating to building permits to be provided to Director
           Division 3 Occupancy permits
   17.     Limitation of time for reporting authorities in relation to occupancy permit
   18.     Permits not required for buildings in certain areas
   18A.    Documents relating to occupancy permits to be provided to Director
   18B.    Consolidation of occupancy permits
   18C.    Documents to accompany application for occupancy permit
   19.     Limitation of time for building certifier to decide application
   20.     Change of use
           Division 4 Builder declarations
   20A.    Builder declaration for certain building work
   20B.    Copy of builder declaration to be given to Director
           Part 4 Approvals etc., by other persons or bodies
   21.     Certificates by other persons
           Part 5 Protection of adjoining property
   22.     Protection of adjoining property
           Part 6 Enforcement of building standards
   23.     Forms of building notice, building order
   24.     Management and fire evacuation training
   25.     Notification, cancellation or amendment of building order
           Part 7 Appeals
   26.     Enforcement of determination
           Part 8 General enforcement provision
   27.     Recovery of penalties
   28.     Orders to be enforced by Local Court
   29.     Notice of authorisation
           Part 9 Siting requirements
   30.     Interpretation
   31.     Application
   32.     Minimum distances for Class 1 or Class 10 buildings
   33.     Exceptions
   34.     Minimum distance for a Class 1 building in Municipality of Palmerston
   35.     More than one Class 1 building on one allotment
   36.     Plot ratio of Class 1 buildings
           Part 10 Areas liable to flooding
   37.     Flood prone areas
   38.     Flood levels
   39.     Requirements in flood prone areas
           Part 11 Building practitioners
   39A.    Sub-categories of building practitioner
   40.     Condition for registration: professional indemnity insurance
   40A.    Condition of registration: HBCF plumber policy
   40B.    Last day for application for renewal of registration
   41.     Fees
           Part 11A Building contractors
           Division 1 Prescribed matters for section 48A of the Act
   41A.    Building work
   41B.    Building contractors for detached houses and attached dwellings and Class 2 buildings of not more than 2 storeys
   41C.    Building contractors for attached dwellings and Class 2 buildings of more than 2 storeys
   41D.    Supervision by building contractor
   41E.    Minimum value of building work
           Division 2 Prescribed matters for section 48B of the Act
   41F.    Building contractors
   41G.    Building work
   41H.    Contents of building contracts
   41J.    Minimum value of building work
           Division 3 Prescribed matters for section 48C of the Act
   41K.    Building contractors
   41L.    Building work
   41M.    Minimum value of building work
           Part 11B Owner-builders
           Division 1 Prescribed matters for section 48D of the Act
   41N.    Building work
   41P.    Minimum value of building work
   41Q.    Exemption for certain building contractors
           Division 2 Prescribed matters for section 48F of the Act
   41R.    Period required to elapse
           Part 12 Miscellaneous
   42.     Offences
   43.     Transitional
           Part 13 Matters for commencement of Building Amendment Act 2004
   44.     Definitions
   45.     Inspection stages
   46.     Exemption of work from sections 63 and 70
   47.     Exemption of occupancy permit for building from section 72
           Part 14 Transitional matters for Parts 4A and 4B of Act
   48.     Registration of building contractors
   49.     Building permits granted before commencement of Parts 4A and 4B of the Act
           Part 15 Transitional matters for inspection stages of residential building work
   50.     Inspection stages for pre-July 2006 residential building work
           SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed fees
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4 - Flood prone areas
           SCHEDULE 5 - Modifications to the National plumbing code