South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts53A—Requirement to up-grade building in certain cases
(1) If an application
for a building rules consent relates to building work in the nature of an
alteration to a building constructed before the prescribed date and the
building is, in the opinion of the relevant authority, unsafe, structurally
unsound or in an unhealthy condition, the relevant authority may require, as a
condition of consent, that building work that conforms with the requirements
of the Building Rules be carried out to the extent reasonably necessary to
ensure that the building is safe and conforms to proper structural and health
standards.
(2) If—
(a)
application is made for building rules consent for building work in the nature
of an alteration of a kind prescribed by the regulations to a building
constructed before 1 January 1980; and
(b) the
relevant authority is of the opinion that the facilities for access to or
within the building for people with disabilities are inadequate,
the relevant authority may require, as a condition of consent, that
building work or other measures be carried out to the extent reasonably
necessary to ensure that the facilities for such access will be adequate.
(3) In this
section—
"prescribed date" is—
(a)
15 January 1994; or
(b) if a
later date is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition—that date.