Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 19

In this Act--

(a) a reference to a building or structure includes a reference to a proposed building or structure; and

(b) a reference to the owner of a building or structure is a reference to the person who, if the proposed building or structure were completed, would be its owner; and

(c) a reference to the use of a proposed building or structure is a reference to its proposed use on its completion.

Notes--

1 Under IPA, sections 3.1.4 and 4.3.1--

(a) a development permit is required for assessable development; and

(b) subject to some qualifications, a development permit is not required for self-assessable building work or building work that is exempt development.

2 Under IPA, schedule 10, assessable development is--

(a) development specified in IPA, schedule 8, part 1; or

(b) for a planning scheme area--development that is not specified in IPA, schedule 8, part 1 but is declared under the planning scheme for the area to be assessable development.

3 For the stages of IDAS for applying for and obtaining a building development approval, see generally IPA, chapter 3, parts 2 to 5.

4 Chapters 3 and 4 contain additional provisions for applying for and obtaining a building development approval or for carrying out self-assessable building work.