Queensland Consolidated Acts

INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT 1997 - SECT 4.2.12A

(1) If--

(a) a person has been given, or entitled to be given--

(i) an information notice under the Building Act 1975 about a decision other than a decision under that Act made by the Building Services Authority; or

(ii) an information notice under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002, about a decision under part 4 or 5 of that Act; or

(b) a person--

(i) was an applicant for a building development approval; and

(ii) is dissatisfied with a decision under the Building Act 1975 by a building certifier or referral agency about inspection of building work the subject of the approval;

the person may appeal against the decision to a tribunal.

(2) An appeal under subsection (1) must be started within 20 business days after the day the person is given notice of the decision.

(3) If--

(a) under the Building Act 1975, a person makes an application other than a building development application to a local government; and

(b) the period required under that Act for the local government to decide the application (the decision period) has passed; and

(c) the local government has not decided the application;

the person may appeal to a tribunal against the lack of the decision and for the tribunal to decide the application as it were the local government.

(4) An appeal under subsection (3) must be started within 20 business days after the end of the decision period.