AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

BUILDING REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 3 of 1975

	These Regulations will increase the existing fees charged by the Department for the approval of plans and specifications issue of building permits and various other matters for which a fee is prescribed.

	The old fees were insufficient to cover the costs of operating the Department’s Building Section whereas the new fees should generate sufficient revenue to cover most of these costs.  The restructured charges have been designed so that the increases fall more upon expensive housing and commercial buildings rather than lower cost new residences.