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32 Authority conferred by owner-builder permits

(1) An owner-builder permit authorises its holder to do such residential building work as is described in the permit on the land specified in the permit.

(1A) An owner-builder permit must not be issued to authorise its holder to do residential building work that relates to a dual occupancy unless the Secretary is satisfied that special circumstances exist that justify the owner-builder permit authorising its holder to do that work. The Secretary may issue guidelines as to the circumstances that will be considered to be special circumstances for the purposes of this subsection.

(2) The authority conferred by an owner-builder permit--

(a) is subject to the conditions applicable to the permit for the time being, and

(b) may, on the application of the holder of the permit, be varied by an order of the Secretary set out in a notice served on the holder of the permit.