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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 10

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 10

10 .         Owners of land (s. 5(1))

        (1A)         In this regulation —

        managed reserve has the meaning given in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);

        management body has the meaning given in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);

        road has the meaning given in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);

        strata leasehold estate has the meaning given in the Strata Titles Act 1985 section 3(1).

        (1)         For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of owner , in relation to land held in freehold or held in leasehold under a strata lease in section 5(1) the following interests are prescribed —

            (a)         a leasehold interest in the land if the terms of the lease allow the lessee to undertake building work without the consent of each person whose name is registered as a proprietor of the land;

            (b)         an interest as purchaser under a contract to purchase an estate in fee simple in the land or a strata leasehold estate in the land under a strata lease;

            (c)         a freehold interest in the land or a strata leasehold estate in the land under a strata lease vested in an executor or administrator under the Administration Act 1903 section 8.

        (2A)         Despite subregulation (1), for the purposes of section 54(1)(b) in relation to an application mentioned in section 51(2) or (3), owner , in relation to land held in freehold or held in leasehold under a strata lease, means —

            (a)         a person whose name is registered as a proprietor of the land; and

            (b)         the State, if registered as a proprietor of the land; and

            (c)         an executor or administrator under the Administration Act 1903 section 8 in whom is vested a freehold interest in the land or a strata leasehold estate in the land under a strata lease.

        (2)         For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of owner in relation to Crown land in section 5(1), the following persons are prescribed —

            (a)         in relation to a managed reserve — the management body of the reserve;

            (b)         in relation to a road  — whichever of the following persons who, under a written law, has the care, control and management of the road —

                  (i)         the local government in whose district the road is situated;

                  (ii)         the Commissioner of Main Roads;

                  (iii)         the Minister as defined in the Public Works Act 1902 section 2;

            (c)         in relation to Crown land that is vested in a person or body under a written law other than the Land Administration Act 1997  — that person or body;

            (d)         in relation to Crown land that is subject to a lease, other than land referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) — the Minister for Lands and the lessee;

            (e)         in relation to any other Crown land — the Minister for Lands.

        [Regulation 10 amended: Gazette 18 Dec 2012 p. 6556‑7;15 Sep 2015 p. 3783‑4; 31 Dec 2019 p. 4638‑9.]