BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 54 Local government may rely on documents private certifier gives it for providing public access

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 54

54 Local government may rely on documents private certifier gives it for providing public access

(1) This section applies if—

(a) under this Act, a private certifier gives a document to the local government for a building development application; and

(b) under the Planning Act , section 264 , the local government must, or may, keep the document publicly available.

(2) The local government may accept, and without further checking, rely and act on the document for the purpose of making the document publicly available.