AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

BUILDING REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 34 of 1982

	The Building Regulations (Amendment) amends the Building Regulations to increase fees payable for building permits granted under the Building Ordinance 1972 to persons not holding a builder’s licence.

	Regulation 9 of the Building Regulations is amended to increase fees to be charged for all permits granted under section 39 of the Building Ordinance.  Section 39 of the Building Ordinance provides for the granting of building permits to persons not holding a builder’s licence.

	The Building Regulations (Amendment) omits regulation 9 (2), inserts regulation 9 (3A) in lieu and effects consequential drafting alterations to regulations 9 (1) and 9 (3) so that these regulations refer to new regulation 9 (3A).

	Regulation 9 (3A) extends the reach of omitted regulation 9 (2) so as to apply to all builders not holding a builder’s licence, not just to owner-builders applying for a building permit in respect of residential building work.  New regulation 9 (3A) also increases the additional fee payable for a building permit by persons not holding a builder’s licence (which was formerly payable under regulation 9 (2) only by owner-builders of residential units) from 0.2% to 0.5% of the cost of the building work.

	The Building Regulations (Amendment) also increases the minimum fee payable under regulation 9 (4) for a building permit by persons not holding a builder’s licence from $20 to $35 in the case of residential building work, and from $30 to $35 in the case of commercial building work.