Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Building Regulations 2006 - SECT 324

Period that documents must be kept

324. Period that documents must be kept



(1) If a council is required to keep documents under the Act or these
Regulations or any corresponding previous regulations in relation to building
permits and applications for building permits, the documents must be kept as
follows-

   (a)  in their original form for not less than 10 years from the date of
        issue of the occupancy permit or certificate of final inspection; and



   (b)  after that period in their original form or in any other manner
        specified by the Keeper of Public Records (within the meaning of the
        Public Records Act 1973) until the building is demolished or removed
        from the allotment.

(2) If an occupancy permit or certificate of final inspection has not been
issued in respect of a building or building work, a period referred to in
subregulation (1) begins on the date of issue of the building permit for the
building or work.

(3) Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply in respect of a Class 1a or 10
building if the occupancy permit or certificate of final inspection was issued
before 14 June 2005.

Note The Public Records Act 1973 also imposes requirements on the keeping of
public records.