Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 19

In this Act—

(a) a reference to a building or structure includes a reference to a proposed building or structure; and

(b) a reference to the owner of a building or structure is a reference to the person who, if the proposed building or structure were completed, would be its owner; and

(c) a reference to the use of a proposed building or structure is a reference to its proposed use on its completion.

Notes—

1 Under the Planning Act, chapter 6, part 1, division 2 and section 578—

(a) a development permit is required for assessable development; and

(b) subject to some qualifications, a development permit is not required for self-assessable building work or building work that is exempt development.

2 For the stages of IDAS for applying for and obtaining a building development approval, see generally the Planning Act, chapter 6, parts 2 to 5.

3 Chapters 3 and 4 contain additional provisions for applying for and obtaining a building development approval or for carrying out self-assessable building work.