Building Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Retrofitting of Exterior Features
29. Retrofitting orders
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe any matter which is required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, by such order, prescribe —
the duties and responsibilities of any person authorised to carry out retrofitting of an exterior feature, including providing that any failure or neglect to comply with any such duty or responsibility is an offence;
different applicable dates, prescribed ages, grace periods and persons responsible for an exterior feature in relation to different exterior features;
different qualifications and training for persons authorised to carry out retrofitting in relation to different exterior features; and
that any contravention of the order referred to in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
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Terms defined in this Act
building
Defined · s 2“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure; (b) a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (c) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (d) a dock, wharf or jetty; (e) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (f) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (g) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (h) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
exterior feature
Defined · s 2“exterior feature”, in relation to any building, means any of the following features that is permanent or temporary and is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of the building — (a) any air-conditioning unit, including any window air-conditioning unit and any condensing equipment of an air-conditioning unit; (b) any window, with or without movable parts; (c) any grille or shutter, with or without movable parts; (d) any tile, cladding, curtain wall, siding, plaster, bracket or cornice; (e) any gutter, rainwater down-pipe, or part of the roof; (f) any awning or sun-shading device; (g) such other feature that is permanent or temporary and is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of any building as the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare to be an exterior feature for the purposes of this Act;
prescribed
Defined · s 42“prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.
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