After regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:

8A.     Building surveying certificate

(1)  An applicant may submit with an application, a building surveying certificate given by a practising private building surveyor certifying that the proposed building work, if it is carried out in accordance with the certified drawings and specifications, is likely to comply with all or part of the requirements of the Building Code of Australia.

(2)  A building surveying certificate is to be in an approved form.