Building Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
73. Application of Act to Government
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except as provided in subsection (2), this Act shall bind the
Government and shall apply to —
any premises wholly or partly owned or occupied by the
Government; and
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any premises in which any building operation or any work of engineering construction is carried on by or on behalf of the
Government.
Nothing in this Act shall render the Government liable to prosecution for an offence.
For the avoidance of doubt, no person shall be immune from prosecution for any offence against this Act by reason that the person is engaged to provide services to the Government.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” includes buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure;