BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 3
BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 3
3 . Terms used
In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
adult means a person who has reached 18 years of
age, and in the absence of positive evidence as to age, means a person who is
apparently 18 or more years of age;
adversely affect land includes —
(a)
reduce the stability or bearing capacity of the land or a building or
structure on the land; or
(b)
damage, or reduce the structural adequacy of, a building or structure on the
land; or
(c) the
changing of the natural site drainage in a way that reduces the effectiveness
of the drainage of the land or existing or future buildings or structures on
the land;
applicable building standard , in a provision,
means a building standard that is prescribed as an applicable building
standard for the purposes of the provision in respect of a kind of building,
incidental structure, building or demolition work or application to which the
provision relates;
applicable certificate of design compliance , in
relation to a building permit, means the certificate of design compliance
—
(a)
that, as required by section 16(e), accompanied a certified application for
the building permit; or
(b) that
was signed under section 17 on an uncertified application for the building
permit,
as is relevant in the case;
approved , in relation to the manner or form of
something, means approved —
(a) by a
prescribed person; or
(b) in a
prescribed way;
authorised person means a person designated under
section 96 as an authorised person and includes, for the purposes of
section 93(2)(d) —
(a) a
person who is prescribed as an authorised person for the purposes of
section 93(2)(d); and
(b) a
person who is authorised by a local government in the manner prescribed for
the purposes of section 93(2)(d);
authority under a written law includes an
approval, licence, registration, right, permit or exemption granted under a
written law;
building includes a part of a building;
building approval certificate means a building
approval certificate granted on an application of a kind mentioned in Part 4
Division 2;
Building Commissioner has the meaning given in the
Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011
section 3;
building order means an order made under
section 110(1);
building order (emergency) means a building order
made in the circumstances mentioned in section 111(2);
building permit means a permit granted under
section 20;
building service contractor has the meaning given
in the Registration Act section 3;
building standard means a prescribed requirement
in relation to the technical aspects of the construction or demolition of a
building or an incidental structure;
building surveyor means a building service
practitioner, as defined in the Registration Act section 3, who is registered
in a class of building service practitioner that is prescribed for the
purposes of this definition;
building work means —
(a) the
construction, erection, assembly or placement of a building or an incidental
structure; or
(b) the
renovation, alteration, extension, improvement or repair of a building or an
incidental structure; or
(c) the
assembly, reassembly or securing of a relocated building or a relocated
incidental structure; or
(d) the
changing of ground levels of land for the purposes of work of a kind mentioned
in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) to an extent that could adversely affect land
beyond its boundaries; or
(e) site
work on any land for the purposes of, or required because of, work of a kind
mentioned in —
(i)
paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or
(ii)
paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of demolition work
;
or
(f)
other prescribed work,
but does not include work of a kind prescribed for
the purposes of this definition as not being building work;
classification , in relation to a building or
incidental structure, means the classification of the building or incidental
structure under the regulations;
commencement day means the day on which section 9
comes into operation;
Crown land has the meaning given in the Land
Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);
demolition permit means a permit granted under
section 21;
demolition work means —
(a) the
demolition, dismantling or removal of a building or an incidental structure;
or
(b) the
changing of ground levels for the purposes of work of a kind mentioned in
paragraph (a) to an extent that could adversely affect land owned by a person
other than an owner of the land on which the building or incidental structure
that is the subject of the demolition work is located; or
(c)
other prescribed work,
but does not include work of a kind prescribed for
the purposes of this definition as not being demolition work;
incidental structure means a structure attached to
or incidental to a building and includes —
(a) a
chimney, mast, swimming pool, fence, free-standing wall, retaining wall or
permanent protection structure; and
(b) a
part of a structure;
independent building surveyor has the meaning
given in section 4;
land includes a lot as defined in the
Community Titles Act 2018 section 3(1) or the Strata Titles Act 1985
section 3(1);
Minister for Lands means the Minister as defined
in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);
occupancy permit means an occupancy permit granted
or modified on an application of a kind mentioned in Part 4 Division 2;
owner has the meaning given in section 5;
permit authority for a building or permit
authority for an incidental structure has the meaning given in section 6;
prescribed means prescribed by regulation;
Registration Act means the Building Services
(Registration) Act 2011 ;
specialist , in relation to a technical
certificate, means a person who belongs to a class of persons prescribed as
persons who can sign the technical certificate for the purposes of this Act;
strata lease has the meaning given in the
Strata Titles Act 1985 ;
survey means a survey for the purpose of recording
the condition of land including the existing cracks and defects in a building
or structure on the land;
technical certificate means a certificate in
relation to a specific building standard applicable to, or any other technical
aspect of, the construction or demolition of a building or incidental
structure that is the subject of an application for a building permit,
demolition permit, occupancy permit or building approval certificate.
[Section 3 amended: No. 37 of 2012 s. 4 and 33;
No. 30 of 2018 s. 121; No. 32 of 2018 s. 192.]