CARAVAN PARKS AND CAMPING GROUNDS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 32

CARAVAN PARKS AND CAMPING GROUNDS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 32

32 .         Park home certificates

        (1)         A person who constructs a park home is to provide to the purchaser of the park home a certificate signed and dated by a builder stating — 

            (a)         that the builder has built, or supervised the building of, the park home; and

            (b)         that the park home has been constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code applicable with respect to a particular class or classes, specified in the certificate; and

            (c)         the year in which the park home was constructed and the name of the person who constructed the park home.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.

        (1a)         A builder who has agreed to construct a park home is to provide to the purchaser of the park home a certificate signed and dated by the builder —

            (a)         stating —

                  (i)         that the builder has agreed to build, or supervise the building of, the park home; and

                  (ii)         that the park home will be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code applicable with respect to a particular class or classes, specified in the certificate; and

                  (iii)         the year in which the park home will be constructed and the name of the person who constructed the park home;

                and

            (b)         with the plans for the park home attached.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.

        (2)         A person who constructs a park home is to provide to the purchaser of the park home a certificate signed and dated by a professional engineer stating — 

            (a)         that, in the opinion of the engineer, the park home will be structurally sound if assembled in accordance with the instructions provided with the park home referred to in subregulation (3) and identified by reference in the certificate; and

            (b)         the wind velocity that the park home, if assembled in accordance with those instructions, is designed to withstand; and

            (c)         that the design of the chassis, axles and wheels of the park home, or each component of the park home, are adequate structurally to bear the weight of the park home, or the component of the park home to which they are attached, and to enable the park home, or component of it to which they are attached, to be drawn by another vehicle without structural alteration or damage to the park home.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.

        (3)         A person who constructs a park home is to provide to the purchaser of the park home the instructions (which is to include written reference to any relevant specifications, rules, codes of practice or other publications) that are to be complied with when assembling the park home on a site.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

        (4)         A person who wishes to bring a park home which was constructed before 1 January 1998 on to a facility is to show the local government and the licence holder of the facility — 

            (a)         a certificate signed and dated by a builder stating that the park home has been constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code applicable with respect to a particular class or classes, specified in the certificate; and

            (b)         a certificate signed and dated by a professional engineer stating — 

                  (i)         that in the opinion of the engineer the park home is structurally sound; and

                  (ii)         the wind velocity that the park home has been constructed to withstand; and

                  (iii)         that the chassis, axles and wheels of the park home, or each component of the park home, are adequate structurally to bear the weight of the park home, or the component of the park home to which they are attached, and to enable the park home, or component of it to which they are attached, to be drawn by another vehicle without structural alteration or damage to the park home.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.

        (5)         In this regulation — 

        person who constructs a park home means the business, body corporate or natural person or persons who or which is responsible for construction of the park home.

        (6)         A builder or professional engineer must not make a statement in a certificate referred to in subregulation (1), (2) or (4) which is false in a material particular if he or she — 

            (a)         knew the statement was false; or

            (b)         made the statement with disregard as to its truth or falseness.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.

        (7)         A builder who provides a certificate under subregulation (1a) in respect of the construction of a park home must ensure the park home is constructed in accordance with that certificate and the plans attached, unless —

            (a)         the local government; and

            (b)         the licence holder of the facility on to which the park home is to be brought,

                have approved otherwise in writing.

        Penalty for an offence under this subregulation: a fine of $4 000.

        [Regulation 32 amended: Gazette 25 Aug 2000 p. 4914; 12 Dec 2014 p. 4725 and 4733; SL 2020/12 r. 5.]