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(2) Building are bult in accordance with the
BCA
Purpose:
P a r t 1 P r e l i m i n a r y
P a r t 3 D i v 1 E n g i n e e r i n g
w o r k s s 3 1 - 3 3
P a r t 3 D i v 2 S p e c i a l i s t
w o r k s s 3 4 , 3 5
P a r t 4 D u t y o f C a r e s s 3 6 - 4 1
s 3 7 O v e r c o m e s H C c a s e o f
B r o o k f i e l d M u l t i p l e x v O w n e r s
[ 2 0 1 4 ] H C A 3 6 . B u i l d e r o w e s
d u t y o f c a r e t o a l l c u r r e n t a n d
s u b s e q u e n t o w n e r s
P a r t 5
R e g i s t r a t i o n o f
P r a c t i t i o n e r s
s s 4 2 - 6 3
P a r t 6
D i s c i p l i n a r y
a c t i o n a g a i n s t
p r a c t i t i o n e r s
P a r t 2 R e g u l a t e d
D e s i g n s a n d B u i l d i n g
W o r k s s 9 - 3 0
O
P a r t 7 I n v e s t i g a t i o n b y
a u t h o r i s e d o f f i c e r s s s
7 1 - 8 7
P a r t 8 E n f o r c e m e n t s s
8 8 - 9 7
s 8 8 u n d e r t a k i n g s
s 8 9 S t o p w o r k o r d e r s
s 9 0 A p p e a l s a g a i n s t s t o p
w o r k o r d e r s
s 9 1 A p p l i c a t i o n t o L & E
c o u r t t o r e m e d y o r
r e s t r a i n b r e a c h e s o f t h e
a c t .
D i v 2 O f f e n c e s
P a r t 9 M i s c e l l a n e o u s s s 9 8 -
1 0 9
s 1 0 9 : a c t t o b e r e v i e w e d a f t e r
3 0 M a r c h 2 0 2 2 w i t h r e p o r t b y
3 0 J u n e 2 0 2 2
S c h e d u l e 1 C l a u s e 5
- s 3 7 h a s r e t r o s p e c t i v e e f f e c t i f l o s s
f i r s t b e c a m e a p p a r e n t i n t h e 1 0 y e a r
p e r i o d b e f o r e t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f s
3 7 o r a f t e r t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f s 3 7
D i v i s i o n 2
O b l i g a t i o n s o f p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n
p r a c t i t i o n e r s
s 1 4 i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s o n
r e g i s t e r e d p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s
D i v i s i o n 3
O b l i g a t i o n s o f b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r s
         
  s 2 4 i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s
o n r e g i s t e r e d b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r s
D i v i s i o n 4
M i s c e l l a n e o u s
            s 2 7 t h e p r i n c i p a l
c e r t i f i e r
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i s s u i n g a n
O C m u s t n o t d e t e r m i n e a n
a p p l i c a t i o n f o r a n O C
u n l e s s a l l c o m p l i a n c e
d e c l a r a t i o n s r e q u i r e d b y
t h e A c t h a v e b e e n l o d g e d
a n d c o n s i d e r e d . T h e
p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e
i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s a r e
t o b e p r e s c r i b e d b y
r e g u l a t i o n .
D i v i s i o n 1
O b l i g a t i o n s o f d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s
s 1 1 i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s o n
r e g i s t e r e d d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s
D i v i s i o n 1
s 3 2 P r o f e s s i o n a l
E n g i n e e r i n g w o r k t o b e
c a r r i e d o u t o r s u p e r v i s e d
b y r e g i s t e r e d p r o f e s s i o n a l
e n g i n e e r . O t h e r w i s e , t h e
e n g i n e e r i s n o t e n t i t l e d t o
b e p a i d !
s 3 3 R e g i s t e r e d
p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r s a r e
t o b e i n s u r e d w i t h t h e
r e g u l a t i o n s t o d e t e r m i n e
t h e
p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e
i n s u r a n c e .
D i v i s i o n 2
s 3 4 S p e c i a l i s t w o r k
i n c l u d e s t h e d e s i g n ,
c o n s t r u c t i o n ,
i n s t a l l a t i o n o f a
b u i l d i n g
e l e m e n t .   T o b e f u r t h e r
d e f i n e d b y
R e g u l a t i o n s
s 3 5 S p e c i a l i s t w o r k i s
t o b e c a r r i e d o u t b y a
r e g i s t e r e d s p e c i a l i s t .
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Commencement
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P a r t 1
D e f i n i t i o n s
P a r t 3
R e q u i r e m e n t s f o r d e s i g n s
a n d B u i l d i n g w o r k , p r e
c o m m e n c e m e n t , d u r i n g
a n d a f t e r c o n s t r u c t i o n
S e e p a g e 3
P a r t 4 R e g i s t r a t i o n o f
p r a c t i t i o n e r s
S e e p a g e 4
P a r t 5 R e c o g n i t i o n o f
p r o f e s s i o n a l
b o d i e s o f e n g i n e e r s
S e e p a g e 5
P a r t 6 I n s u r a n c e
S e e p a g e 6
D i v i s i o n 1 - F o r m a n d C o n t e n t
R e q u i r e m e n t s r e R e g u l a t e d D e s i g n s
D i v i s i o n 2 - R e q u i r e m e n t s r e
C o m p l i a n c e D e c l a r a t i o n s
D i v i s i o n 3 - A c t o n l y a p p l i e d t o
B u i l d i n g W o r k i n B u i l d i n g w i t h a
c l a s s 2 c o m p o n e n t ( S 1 2 )
D i v i s i o n 4 - A c t o n l y a p p l i e s t o
P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r i n g w o r k w i t h a
c l a s s 2 c o m p o n e n t ( C l 1 4 )
P a r t 2 R e g u l a t e d D e s i g n s a n d
T y p e s o f W o r k
Part 7 Record Keeping
Obligations of Design,
Principal Design and
Building Practitioner
Register of registered practitioner
not be maintained (cl 78)
Part 8 Miscellaneous
DRAFT Design and
Building Practitioners
Regulation 2020
(NSW)
Commencement
1 July 2021
S c h e d u l e s
1 t o 6
s e e p a g e 7
2
P A R T 3
R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R D E S I G N S A N D B U I L D I N G
W O R K , P R E C O M M E N C E M E N T , D U R I N G A N D
A F T E R C O N S T R U C T I O N
D i v i s i o n 1
C o n s t r u c t i o n D o c u m e n t s , p l u s v a r i a t i o n s t o
C o n s t r u c t i o n D o c u m e n t s o f R e g u l a t e d
D e s i g n s a n d D e s i g n C o m p l i a n c e
d e c l a r a t i o n s
t o b e l o d g e d ( c l 1 6 a n d 1 7 )
B u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r s t o n o t i f y
p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s
1 4 d a y s b e f o r e s t a r t o f b u i d l i n g
w o r k ( C l 2 2 )
Principal design practitioners to
issue
principal compliance declaration
before start of building work (cl
20)
Building practitioners to notify principal
design practitioners 14
days before issue of building compliance
declaration. (cl 23)
N o t i f i c a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t s
w h e n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r O C i s
m a d e ( c l 2 4 )
3
P A R T 4 R E G I S T R A T I O N O F
P R A C T I T I O N E R S
U N D E R T H I S P A T H W A Y ,
N S W F A I R T R A D I N G W I L L R E G U L A T E A L L A S P E C T S O F T H E
R E G I S T R A T I O N P R O C E S S ,
I N C L U D I N G E L I G I B I L I T Y A N D O N G O I N G R E G I S T R A T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S
I N C L U D I N G C P D A N D
I N S U R A N C E R E Q U I R E M E N T ( C L 6 1 ) U N D E R T H I S P A T H W A Y .
·
D i v i s i o n 3
G r o u n d s f o r v a r i a t i o n , s u s p e n s i o n o r c a n c e l l a t i o n
o f r e g i s t r a t i o n , d i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n s
D i v i s i o n 1
A p p l i c a t i o n s f o r
r e g i s t r a t i o n – c r i t e r i a f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n
D i v i s i o n 2
C o n d i t i o n s o f
r e g i s t r a t i o n
4
·
U n d e r p a t h w a y 2 ,
N S W F a i r T r a d i n g w o u l d b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r r e g i s t e r i n g
e n g i n e e r s w h o a r e a b l e t o s a t i s f y t h a t t h e y h a v e
a l r e a d y b e e n r e g i s t e r e d o r r e c o g n i s e d b y a ‘ r e c o g n i s e d
e n g i n e e r i n g b o d y .
A r e c o g n i s e d e n g i n e e r i n g b o d y i s a u t h o r i s e d t o
o p e r a t e a s c h e m e f o r a s s e s s i n g a n e n g i n e e r ’ s
q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , e x p e r i e n c e , s k i l l s , a n d k n o w l e d g e f o r
s u i t a b i l i t y f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n . T h e b o d y i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r
s e t t i n g C P D a n d I n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r t h e
e n g i n e e r s t o m a i n t a i n t h e i r r e g i s t r a t i o n .
P A R T 5 R E C O G N I T I O N O F P R O F E S S I O N A L
B O D I E S O F E N G I N E E R S
·
U n d e r p a t h w a y 3 ,
N S W F a i r T r a d i n g w o u l d b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r r e g i s t e r i n g
e n g i n e e r s w h o a r e a b l e t o s a t i s f y t h a t t h e y h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n
r e g i s t e r e d o r r e c o g n i s e d b y a p r o f e s s i o n a l b o d y o f e n g i n e e r s
t h a t o p e r a t e s w i t h a P r o f e s s i o n a l S t a n d a r d s S c h e m e ( P S S ) .
T h e r e i s n o e x i s t i n g P S S f o r P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r s . T h e b o d y i s
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s e t t i n g C P D a n d I n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s ( s e e c l
6 0 ) f o r t h e e n g i n e e r s t o m a i n t a i n t h e i r r e g i s t r a t i o n , i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e P S S .
r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r c o n t i n u i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t ( c l 4 5 )
P u b l i c w e b s i t e ( c l 4 6 )
I n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s – t h e b o d y m u s t h o l d a n i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y t h a t , i n t h e r e a s o n a b l e
o p i n i o n o f t h e b o d y , p r o v i d e s a n a d e q u a t e l e v e l o f i n d e m n i t y f o r t h e l i a b i l i t y t h a t c o u l d b e
i n c u r r e d b y t h e b o d y i n t h e c o u r s e o f t h e b o d y c a r r y i n g o u t t h e r e c o g n i t i o n f u n c t i o n ( c l 4 7 )
D u t y o f b o d y t o a c t i n t h e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t , t o a c t i n d e p e n d e n t l y , f a i r l y , w i t h h o n e s t y a n d i n t e g r i t y , i d e n t i f y a n d
m a n a g e c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t , k e e p u p w i t h i n d u s t r y p r a c t i c e a n d l e g a l r e q u i r e m e n t , e n s u r e a s s e s s o r s a r e
a p p r o p r i a t e l y q u a l i f i e d a n d a c t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e s c h e m e ( c l 4 8 )
·
D i v i s i o n 3 – R e q u i r e m e n t s f o r r e c o g n i t i o n o r r e g i s t r a t i o n s c h e m e i n c l u d i n g :
5
P A R T 6 I N S U R A N C E
D i v i s i o n 3 P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r s m u s t h o l d
p r o f e s s i o n a l
i n d e m n i t y p o l i c i e s ( c l 5 9
I n d i v i d u a l , p a r t n e r s h i p a n d
c o r p o r a t e p o l i c i e s f o r p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r s t o
e x t e n d t o a l l l i a b i l i t y ( c l 6 2 – 6 4 ) – s e e c o m m e n t
a b o v e r e a v a i l a b i l i t y i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e
o b l i g a t i o n s o n r e g i s t e r e d p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n
p r a c t i t i o n e r s
T h e n a t u r e a n d r i s k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e w o r k ;
V o l u m e o f w o r k ;
L e n g t h o f t i m e p r a c t i t i o n e r h a s b e e n r e g i s t e r e d ;
R e a s o n a b l e e s t i m a t e o f p o t e n t i a l c l a i m s b a s e d o n t h e a b o v e 3
F i n a n c i a l c a p a c i t y o f t h e p r a c t i t i o n e r ;
L i m i t s , e x c e p t i o n s , e x c l u s i o n s , t e r m s o r c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e p o l i c y
·
D i v i s i o n 5 – A d e q u a c y o f C o v e r
W h e t h e r l e v e l o f i n d e m n i t y i s a d e q u a t e f o r b o t h b u i l d i n g a n d d e s i g n
p r a c t i t i o n e r s d e p e n d u p o n a c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f ( c l 6 5 a n d 6 7
r e s p e c t i v e l y ) :
f a c t o r s :
·
D i v i s i o n 4 – B u i l d i n g
P r a c t i t i o n e r s t o b e h o l d a n i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y
c o v e r i n g t h e i r l i a b i l i t y b u t t h i s
r e q u i r e m e n t d o e s n o t a p p l y u n t i l 1 J u l y
2 0 2 3 ( c l a u s e s 6 5 a n d 8 2 )
T h e r e i s c u r r e n t l y n o p r o d u c t
t h a t i n s u r e s a b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r f o r
d e f e c t i v e w o r k m a n s h i p .
D i v i s i o n 2 D e s i g n a n d P r i n c i p a l D e s i g n
P r a c t i t i o n e r s m u s t h o l d p r o f e s s i o n a l
i n d e m n i t y p o l i c i e s ( c l 5 4 a n d 5 5 ) o
I n d i v i d u a l , p a r t n e r s h i p a n d
c o r p o r a t e p o l i c i e s f o r r e g i s t e r e d d e s i g n e r s
t o e x t e n d t o a l l l i a b i l i t y ( c l 5 6 –
5 8 ) – n o t t y p i c a l l y p r a c t i c a l l y p o s s i b l e
p a r t i c u l a r l y i f t h e r e h a s n o t b e e n
c o n t i n u i t y o f c o v e r
6
S c h e d u l e 2
Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , e x p e r i e n c e ,
k n o w l e d g e a n d s k i l l s a r e s e t
o u t f o r t h e v a r i o u s c l a s s e s o f
r e g i s t r a t i o n
Schedule 3
CPD requirements are set out
for registered practitioner,
prescribed practitioners
and registered professional
engineers
·Schedule 4
Content of Code of Practice
for prescribed practitioners, professional engineers set
out
S c h e d u l e 5
P e n a l t y N o t i c e O f f e n c e s
S c h e d u l e 6
F o r m s
S c h e d u l e s
P r e s c r i b e d c l a s s e s o f d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r a r e
a r c h i t e c t u r a l , b u i l d i n g d e s i g n ( r e s t r i c t e d ) , c i v i l
e n g i n e e r i n g , d r a i n a g e d e s i g n , e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g ,
e l e c t r i c a l d e s i g n ( r e s t r i c t e d ) , f a ç a d e e n g i n e e r i n g ,
f i r e s a f e t y e n g i n e e r i n g , f i r e s y s t e m s ( d e t e c t i o n a n d
a l a r m s y s t e m s ) , f i r e s y s t e m s ( f i r e s p r i n k l e r ) , f i r e
s y s t e m s ( f i r e h y d r a n t a n d f i r e h o s e r e e l ) , f i r e
s y s t e m s ( M e c h a n i c a l s m o k e c o n t r o l ) , g e o t e c h n i c a l
e n g i n e e r i n g , m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , s t r u c t u r a l
e n g i n e e r i n g ( c l 1 ) .
P r e s c r i b e d c l a s s o f -
S c h e d u l e 1 – C l a s s e s o f R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d s c o p e o f
w o r k t h a t m a y b e d o n e i s d e f i n e d
P r e s c r i b e d c l a s s e s o f
p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r i n c l u d e c i v i l , e l e c t r i c a l ,
f i r e s a f e t y , g e o t e c h n i c a l , m e c h a n i c a l
a n d s t r u c t u r a l ( c l 2 ) .
b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r i s b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r - g e n e r a l
( c l 3 ( a ) ) , p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r i s p r i n c i p a l
d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r – g e n e r a l ( c l 3 ( b ) ) .
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P a r t 1 D e f i n i t i o n s
U n d e r t a k i n g f r o m D e v e l o p e r s ( S 2 8 )
S t o p w o r k o r d e r s ( S 2 9 ) w h i c h m a y b e a p p e a l e d
a l t h o u g h a p p e a l d o e s n o t o p e r a t e a s a s t a y ( S 3 0 )
S e c r e t a r y u p o n r e c e i p t o f c o m p l a i n t m a y i n v e s t i g a t e
d e v e l o p e r s , f o r m e r d e v e l o p e r s , r e s i d e n t i a l a p a r t m e n t
b u i l d i n g s , c a r r y i n g o u t o f b u i l d i n g w o r k ( S 3 2 )
P a r t 4 R e m e d i a l a c t i o n
P a r t 5 R e c t i f i c a t i o n
o f s e r i o u s d e f e c t s
S e e p a g e 5
P e n a l t y n o t i c e s m a y b e
i s s u e d ( S 5 7 )
P r o c e e d i n g s f o r o f f e n c e s
i n l o c a l c o u r t o r L & E
c o u r t ( S 5 6 )
B o d y c o r p o r a t e d i r e c t o r s
a n d m a n g e r s o f b o d y
c o r p o r a t e s m a y b e c h a r g e d
a n d c o n v i c t e d o f o f f e n c e s
( S 5 8 )
O f f e n c e c o n t i n u e s s o l o n g
a s c o n t r a v e n t i o n c o n t i n u e
( S 5 9 )
P a r t 6 O f f e n c e s
R e g i s t e r o f o r d e r s t o b e k e p t ( S 6 2 )
N o p e r s o n a l l i a b i l i t y t o a t t a c h t o S e c r e t a r y , a u t h o r i s e d
o f f i c e r , o r p e r s o n a c t i n g u n d e r d i r e c t i o n o f S e c r e t a r y
o f a u t h o r i s e d o f f i c e r ( S 6 6 )
L i a b i l i t y a t t a c h e d t o t h e C r o w n s 6 6 ( 2 )
A c t t o b e r e v i e w e d a s a p a f t e r 3 0 M a r c h 2 0 2 2
P a r t 7 M i s c e l l a n e o u s
Part 3 Investigations
See page 4
Part 2 Occupancy
certificates
See page 3
2
M a n d a t o r y N o t i f i c a t i o n
t o D e p a r t m e n t o f
C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e 6 - 1 2
m o n t h s p r i o r t o
p r o p o s e d a p p l i c a t i o n
( S 7 ( 1 ) , S 9 ( 1 ) ( a ) )
N o t i f i c a t i o n
o f P r o h i b i t i o n o r d e r t o
C o u n c i l c e r t i f i e r s
D e v e l o p e r , o w n e r s , R . G .
( S 9 ( 3 ) )
P r o h i b i t i o n o r d e r s i f
s e r i o u s d e f e c t s e x i s t s
( S 9 ( 1 ) ( c ) )
O C i s s u e d i n
c o n t r a v e n t i o n s o f
p r o h i b i t i o n s o r d e r
I N V A L I D ( S 9 ( 6 ) )
D e v e l o p e r m a y a p p e a l
a g a i n s t p r o h i b i t i o n o r d e r
t o L & E c o u r t b u t a p p e a l
d o e s n o t o p e r a t e a s a
s t a y ( S 1 0 )
3
P o w e r t o c a r r y o u t d e s t r u c t i v e
P o w e r t o s e i z e ( S 2 4 ( 6 ) ) a n d t o
P e n a l t i e s f o r o b s t r u c t i o n o f o f f i c e r s
( S 2 6 ) a n d f o r f a i l u r e s t o c o m p l y w i t h
d i r e c t i o n s o f o f f i c e r s ( S 2 7 )
P o w e r t o e n t e r p r e m i s e s . ( D i v 4 )
t e s t i n g ( S 2 4 ( 2 ) ( k ) , S 2 4 ( 5 ) ) a s w e l l a s o t h e r
i n v e s t i g a t i o n s ( S 2 4 ( 2 ) )
u s e r e c o r d s f o r e v i d e n c e i n p r o c e e d i n g s
( S 2 5 )
P o w e r s t o c o m p e l
a n s w e r s ( S 1 8 )
W h i c h m a y b e
r e c o r d e d ( S 1 9 )
I n f o r m a t i o n
g a t h e r i n g p o w e r s
4
P o w e r t o o r d e r r e c t i f i c a t i o n ( S 3 3 )
S e c r e t a r y m a y d e m o l i s h a
b u i l d i n g o r p a r t o f a b u i l d i n g i f
r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r s i s n o t
c o m p l i e d w i t h ( S 4 2 )
W o r k r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r s
m u s t b e c o n s i d e r e d i n N C A T
a n d o t h e r c o u r t
p r o c e e d i n g s r e l a t i n g t o
b u i l d i n g w o r k t h e s u b j e c t
o f t h e o r d e r ( S 4 3 )
D e v e l o p e r s m a y a p p e a l t o
L & E C o u r t ( D i v 3 )
A p p e a l d o e s n o t o p e r a t e a s
a s t a y ( S 5 0 )
B u t S e c r e t a r y n e e d n o t g i v e
n o t i c e i f t h e r e i s a s e r i o u s r i s k
t o p u b l i c s a f e t y o r t h e r e i s a n
N a t u r a l j u s t i c e r e q u i r e m e n t s
( D i v 2 )
e m e r g e n c y . ( S 4 4 ( 3 ) )
P o w e r t o c o m p e l o c c u p i e r s t o
p r o v i d e a c c e s s ( S 4 1 )
M o r e t h a n o n e b u i l d i n g
r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r m a y b e
i s s u e d ( S 5 3 )
B u i l d i n g r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r
m a y b e i s s u e d t o m o r e t h a n 1
p e r s o n ( S 5 4 ) o r 1 d e v e l o p e r
( S 5 5 )
C o m b i n e d o r d e r s ( D i v 5 )
D e v e l o p e r s m a y a p p e a l
a g a i n s t c o m p l i a n c e c o s t s
n o t i c e t o L & E c o u r t ( S 5 2 )
D e v e l o p e r s L i a b l e f o r c o s t
o f c o m p l i a n c e ( D i v 4 )
5

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Handout pillar 1 regulatory reforms - laina chan bar cpd 9 march 2021

  • 1. Member of Melbourne TEC Chambers Associate Member of Underground Works Chambers www.lainachanbarrister.com Pillar 1 - NSW Regulatory Reforms to Raise Consumer Confidence in Residential Apartment Buildings telephone +612 8023 9026 mobile      +61 409 500 685 laina.chan@selbornechambers.com.au
  • 2. Member of Melbourne TEC Chambers Associate Member of Underground Works Chambers www.lainachanbarrister.com telephone +612 8023 9026 mobile      +61 409 500 685 laina.chan@selbornechambers.com.au
  • 3. (1) Ensure building design is well documented and conforms with the BCA (2) Building are bult in accordance with the BCA Purpose: P a r t 1 P r e l i m i n a r y P a r t 3 D i v 1 E n g i n e e r i n g w o r k s s 3 1 - 3 3 P a r t 3 D i v 2 S p e c i a l i s t w o r k s s 3 4 , 3 5 P a r t 4 D u t y o f C a r e s s 3 6 - 4 1 s 3 7 O v e r c o m e s H C c a s e o f B r o o k f i e l d M u l t i p l e x v O w n e r s [ 2 0 1 4 ] H C A 3 6 . B u i l d e r o w e s d u t y o f c a r e t o a l l c u r r e n t a n d s u b s e q u e n t o w n e r s P a r t 5 R e g i s t r a t i o n o f P r a c t i t i o n e r s s s 4 2 - 6 3 P a r t 6 D i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n a g a i n s t p r a c t i t i o n e r s P a r t 2 R e g u l a t e d D e s i g n s a n d B u i l d i n g W o r k s s 9 - 3 0 O P a r t 7 I n v e s t i g a t i o n b y a u t h o r i s e d o f f i c e r s s s 7 1 - 8 7 P a r t 8 E n f o r c e m e n t s s 8 8 - 9 7 s 8 8 u n d e r t a k i n g s s 8 9 S t o p w o r k o r d e r s s 9 0 A p p e a l s a g a i n s t s t o p w o r k o r d e r s s 9 1 A p p l i c a t i o n t o L & E c o u r t t o r e m e d y o r r e s t r a i n b r e a c h e s o f t h e a c t . D i v 2 O f f e n c e s P a r t 9 M i s c e l l a n e o u s s s 9 8 - 1 0 9 s 1 0 9 : a c t t o b e r e v i e w e d a f t e r 3 0 M a r c h 2 0 2 2 w i t h r e p o r t b y 3 0 J u n e 2 0 2 2 S c h e d u l e 1 C l a u s e 5 - s 3 7 h a s r e t r o s p e c t i v e e f f e c t i f l o s s f i r s t b e c a m e a p p a r e n t i n t h e 1 0 y e a r p e r i o d b e f o r e t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f s 3 7 o r a f t e r t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f s 3 7
  • 4. D i v i s i o n 2 O b l i g a t i o n s o f p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s s 1 4 i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s o n r e g i s t e r e d p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s D i v i s i o n 3 O b l i g a t i o n s o f b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r s             s 2 4 i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s o n r e g i s t e r e d b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r s D i v i s i o n 4 M i s c e l l a n e o u s             s 2 7 t h e p r i n c i p a l c e r t i f i e r r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i s s u i n g a n O C m u s t n o t d e t e r m i n e a n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r a n O C u n l e s s a l l c o m p l i a n c e d e c l a r a t i o n s r e q u i r e d b y t h e A c t h a v e b e e n l o d g e d a n d c o n s i d e r e d . T h e p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s a r e t o b e p r e s c r i b e d b y r e g u l a t i o n . D i v i s i o n 1 O b l i g a t i o n s o f d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s s 1 1 i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s o n r e g i s t e r e d d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s
  • 5. D i v i s i o n 1 s 3 2 P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r i n g w o r k t o b e c a r r i e d o u t o r s u p e r v i s e d b y r e g i s t e r e d p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r . O t h e r w i s e , t h e e n g i n e e r i s n o t e n t i t l e d t o b e p a i d ! s 3 3 R e g i s t e r e d p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r s a r e t o b e i n s u r e d w i t h t h e r e g u l a t i o n s t o d e t e r m i n e t h e p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e i n s u r a n c e . D i v i s i o n 2 s 3 4 S p e c i a l i s t w o r k i n c l u d e s t h e d e s i g n , c o n s t r u c t i o n , i n s t a l l a t i o n o f a b u i l d i n g e l e m e n t .   T o b e f u r t h e r d e f i n e d b y R e g u l a t i o n s s 3 5 S p e c i a l i s t w o r k i s t o b e c a r r i e d o u t b y a r e g i s t e r e d s p e c i a l i s t .
  • 6. Member of Melbourne TEC Chambers Associate Member of Underground Works Chambers www.lainachanbarrister.com DRAFT Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2020 (NSW) Commencement 1 July 2021 telephone +612 8023 9026 mobile      +61 409 500 685 laina.chan@selbornechambers.com.au
  • 7. P a r t 1 D e f i n i t i o n s P a r t 3 R e q u i r e m e n t s f o r d e s i g n s a n d B u i l d i n g w o r k , p r e c o m m e n c e m e n t , d u r i n g a n d a f t e r c o n s t r u c t i o n S e e p a g e 3 P a r t 4 R e g i s t r a t i o n o f p r a c t i t i o n e r s S e e p a g e 4 P a r t 5 R e c o g n i t i o n o f p r o f e s s i o n a l b o d i e s o f e n g i n e e r s S e e p a g e 5 P a r t 6 I n s u r a n c e S e e p a g e 6 D i v i s i o n 1 - F o r m a n d C o n t e n t R e q u i r e m e n t s r e R e g u l a t e d D e s i g n s D i v i s i o n 2 - R e q u i r e m e n t s r e C o m p l i a n c e D e c l a r a t i o n s D i v i s i o n 3 - A c t o n l y a p p l i e d t o B u i l d i n g W o r k i n B u i l d i n g w i t h a c l a s s 2 c o m p o n e n t ( S 1 2 ) D i v i s i o n 4 - A c t o n l y a p p l i e s t o P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r i n g w o r k w i t h a c l a s s 2 c o m p o n e n t ( C l 1 4 ) P a r t 2 R e g u l a t e d D e s i g n s a n d T y p e s o f W o r k Part 7 Record Keeping Obligations of Design, Principal Design and Building Practitioner Register of registered practitioner not be maintained (cl 78) Part 8 Miscellaneous DRAFT Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2020 (NSW) Commencement 1 July 2021 S c h e d u l e s 1 t o 6 s e e p a g e 7 2
  • 8. P A R T 3 R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R D E S I G N S A N D B U I L D I N G W O R K , P R E C O M M E N C E M E N T , D U R I N G A N D A F T E R C O N S T R U C T I O N D i v i s i o n 1 C o n s t r u c t i o n D o c u m e n t s , p l u s v a r i a t i o n s t o C o n s t r u c t i o n D o c u m e n t s o f R e g u l a t e d D e s i g n s a n d D e s i g n C o m p l i a n c e d e c l a r a t i o n s t o b e l o d g e d ( c l 1 6 a n d 1 7 ) B u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r s t o n o t i f y p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s 1 4 d a y s b e f o r e s t a r t o f b u i d l i n g w o r k ( C l 2 2 ) Principal design practitioners to issue principal compliance declaration before start of building work (cl 20) Building practitioners to notify principal design practitioners 14 days before issue of building compliance declaration. (cl 23) N o t i f i c a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t s w h e n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r O C i s m a d e ( c l 2 4 ) 3
  • 9. P A R T 4 R E G I S T R A T I O N O F P R A C T I T I O N E R S U N D E R T H I S P A T H W A Y , N S W F A I R T R A D I N G W I L L R E G U L A T E A L L A S P E C T S O F T H E R E G I S T R A T I O N P R O C E S S , I N C L U D I N G E L I G I B I L I T Y A N D O N G O I N G R E G I S T R A T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S I N C L U D I N G C P D A N D I N S U R A N C E R E Q U I R E M E N T ( C L 6 1 ) U N D E R T H I S P A T H W A Y . · D i v i s i o n 3 G r o u n d s f o r v a r i a t i o n , s u s p e n s i o n o r c a n c e l l a t i o n o f r e g i s t r a t i o n , d i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n s D i v i s i o n 1 A p p l i c a t i o n s f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n – c r i t e r i a f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n D i v i s i o n 2 C o n d i t i o n s o f r e g i s t r a t i o n 4
  • 10. · U n d e r p a t h w a y 2 , N S W F a i r T r a d i n g w o u l d b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r r e g i s t e r i n g e n g i n e e r s w h o a r e a b l e t o s a t i s f y t h a t t h e y h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n r e g i s t e r e d o r r e c o g n i s e d b y a ‘ r e c o g n i s e d e n g i n e e r i n g b o d y . A r e c o g n i s e d e n g i n e e r i n g b o d y i s a u t h o r i s e d t o o p e r a t e a s c h e m e f o r a s s e s s i n g a n e n g i n e e r ’ s q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , e x p e r i e n c e , s k i l l s , a n d k n o w l e d g e f o r s u i t a b i l i t y f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n . T h e b o d y i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s e t t i n g C P D a n d I n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r t h e e n g i n e e r s t o m a i n t a i n t h e i r r e g i s t r a t i o n . P A R T 5 R E C O G N I T I O N O F P R O F E S S I O N A L B O D I E S O F E N G I N E E R S · U n d e r p a t h w a y 3 , N S W F a i r T r a d i n g w o u l d b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r r e g i s t e r i n g e n g i n e e r s w h o a r e a b l e t o s a t i s f y t h a t t h e y h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n r e g i s t e r e d o r r e c o g n i s e d b y a p r o f e s s i o n a l b o d y o f e n g i n e e r s t h a t o p e r a t e s w i t h a P r o f e s s i o n a l S t a n d a r d s S c h e m e ( P S S ) . T h e r e i s n o e x i s t i n g P S S f o r P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r s . T h e b o d y i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s e t t i n g C P D a n d I n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s ( s e e c l 6 0 ) f o r t h e e n g i n e e r s t o m a i n t a i n t h e i r r e g i s t r a t i o n , i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e P S S . r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r c o n t i n u i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t ( c l 4 5 ) P u b l i c w e b s i t e ( c l 4 6 ) I n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s – t h e b o d y m u s t h o l d a n i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y t h a t , i n t h e r e a s o n a b l e o p i n i o n o f t h e b o d y , p r o v i d e s a n a d e q u a t e l e v e l o f i n d e m n i t y f o r t h e l i a b i l i t y t h a t c o u l d b e i n c u r r e d b y t h e b o d y i n t h e c o u r s e o f t h e b o d y c a r r y i n g o u t t h e r e c o g n i t i o n f u n c t i o n ( c l 4 7 ) D u t y o f b o d y t o a c t i n t h e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t , t o a c t i n d e p e n d e n t l y , f a i r l y , w i t h h o n e s t y a n d i n t e g r i t y , i d e n t i f y a n d m a n a g e c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t , k e e p u p w i t h i n d u s t r y p r a c t i c e a n d l e g a l r e q u i r e m e n t , e n s u r e a s s e s s o r s a r e a p p r o p r i a t e l y q u a l i f i e d a n d a c t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e s c h e m e ( c l 4 8 ) · D i v i s i o n 3 – R e q u i r e m e n t s f o r r e c o g n i t i o n o r r e g i s t r a t i o n s c h e m e i n c l u d i n g : 5
  • 11. P A R T 6 I N S U R A N C E D i v i s i o n 3 P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r s m u s t h o l d p r o f e s s i o n a l i n d e m n i t y p o l i c i e s ( c l 5 9 I n d i v i d u a l , p a r t n e r s h i p a n d c o r p o r a t e p o l i c i e s f o r p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r s t o e x t e n d t o a l l l i a b i l i t y ( c l 6 2 – 6 4 ) – s e e c o m m e n t a b o v e r e a v a i l a b i l i t y i m p o s e s i n s u r a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s o n r e g i s t e r e d p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s T h e n a t u r e a n d r i s k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e w o r k ; V o l u m e o f w o r k ; L e n g t h o f t i m e p r a c t i t i o n e r h a s b e e n r e g i s t e r e d ; R e a s o n a b l e e s t i m a t e o f p o t e n t i a l c l a i m s b a s e d o n t h e a b o v e 3 F i n a n c i a l c a p a c i t y o f t h e p r a c t i t i o n e r ; L i m i t s , e x c e p t i o n s , e x c l u s i o n s , t e r m s o r c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e p o l i c y · D i v i s i o n 5 – A d e q u a c y o f C o v e r W h e t h e r l e v e l o f i n d e m n i t y i s a d e q u a t e f o r b o t h b u i l d i n g a n d d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r s d e p e n d u p o n a c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f ( c l 6 5 a n d 6 7 r e s p e c t i v e l y ) : f a c t o r s : · D i v i s i o n 4 – B u i l d i n g P r a c t i t i o n e r s t o b e h o l d a n i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y c o v e r i n g t h e i r l i a b i l i t y b u t t h i s r e q u i r e m e n t d o e s n o t a p p l y u n t i l 1 J u l y 2 0 2 3 ( c l a u s e s 6 5 a n d 8 2 ) T h e r e i s c u r r e n t l y n o p r o d u c t t h a t i n s u r e s a b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r f o r d e f e c t i v e w o r k m a n s h i p . D i v i s i o n 2 D e s i g n a n d P r i n c i p a l D e s i g n P r a c t i t i o n e r s m u s t h o l d p r o f e s s i o n a l i n d e m n i t y p o l i c i e s ( c l 5 4 a n d 5 5 ) o I n d i v i d u a l , p a r t n e r s h i p a n d c o r p o r a t e p o l i c i e s f o r r e g i s t e r e d d e s i g n e r s t o e x t e n d t o a l l l i a b i l i t y ( c l 5 6 – 5 8 ) – n o t t y p i c a l l y p r a c t i c a l l y p o s s i b l e p a r t i c u l a r l y i f t h e r e h a s n o t b e e n c o n t i n u i t y o f c o v e r 6
  • 12. S c h e d u l e 2 Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , e x p e r i e n c e , k n o w l e d g e a n d s k i l l s a r e s e t o u t f o r t h e v a r i o u s c l a s s e s o f r e g i s t r a t i o n Schedule 3 CPD requirements are set out for registered practitioner, prescribed practitioners and registered professional engineers ·Schedule 4 Content of Code of Practice for prescribed practitioners, professional engineers set out S c h e d u l e 5 P e n a l t y N o t i c e O f f e n c e s S c h e d u l e 6 F o r m s S c h e d u l e s P r e s c r i b e d c l a s s e s o f d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r a r e a r c h i t e c t u r a l , b u i l d i n g d e s i g n ( r e s t r i c t e d ) , c i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g , d r a i n a g e d e s i g n , e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , e l e c t r i c a l d e s i g n ( r e s t r i c t e d ) , f a ç a d e e n g i n e e r i n g , f i r e s a f e t y e n g i n e e r i n g , f i r e s y s t e m s ( d e t e c t i o n a n d a l a r m s y s t e m s ) , f i r e s y s t e m s ( f i r e s p r i n k l e r ) , f i r e s y s t e m s ( f i r e h y d r a n t a n d f i r e h o s e r e e l ) , f i r e s y s t e m s ( M e c h a n i c a l s m o k e c o n t r o l ) , g e o t e c h n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , s t r u c t u r a l e n g i n e e r i n g ( c l 1 ) . P r e s c r i b e d c l a s s o f - S c h e d u l e 1 – C l a s s e s o f R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d s c o p e o f w o r k t h a t m a y b e d o n e i s d e f i n e d P r e s c r i b e d c l a s s e s o f p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r i n c l u d e c i v i l , e l e c t r i c a l , f i r e s a f e t y , g e o t e c h n i c a l , m e c h a n i c a l a n d s t r u c t u r a l ( c l 2 ) . b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r i s b u i l d i n g p r a c t i t i o n e r - g e n e r a l ( c l 3 ( a ) ) , p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r i s p r i n c i p a l d e s i g n p r a c t i t i o n e r – g e n e r a l ( c l 3 ( b ) ) . 7
  • 13. Member of Melbourne TEC Chambers Associate Member of Underground Works Chambers www.lainachanbarrister.com telephone +612 8023 9026 mobile      +61 409 500 685 laina.chan@selbornechambers.com.au
  • 14. P a r t 1 D e f i n i t i o n s U n d e r t a k i n g f r o m D e v e l o p e r s ( S 2 8 ) S t o p w o r k o r d e r s ( S 2 9 ) w h i c h m a y b e a p p e a l e d a l t h o u g h a p p e a l d o e s n o t o p e r a t e a s a s t a y ( S 3 0 ) S e c r e t a r y u p o n r e c e i p t o f c o m p l a i n t m a y i n v e s t i g a t e d e v e l o p e r s , f o r m e r d e v e l o p e r s , r e s i d e n t i a l a p a r t m e n t b u i l d i n g s , c a r r y i n g o u t o f b u i l d i n g w o r k ( S 3 2 ) P a r t 4 R e m e d i a l a c t i o n P a r t 5 R e c t i f i c a t i o n o f s e r i o u s d e f e c t s S e e p a g e 5 P e n a l t y n o t i c e s m a y b e i s s u e d ( S 5 7 ) P r o c e e d i n g s f o r o f f e n c e s i n l o c a l c o u r t o r L & E c o u r t ( S 5 6 ) B o d y c o r p o r a t e d i r e c t o r s a n d m a n g e r s o f b o d y c o r p o r a t e s m a y b e c h a r g e d a n d c o n v i c t e d o f o f f e n c e s ( S 5 8 ) O f f e n c e c o n t i n u e s s o l o n g a s c o n t r a v e n t i o n c o n t i n u e ( S 5 9 ) P a r t 6 O f f e n c e s R e g i s t e r o f o r d e r s t o b e k e p t ( S 6 2 ) N o p e r s o n a l l i a b i l i t y t o a t t a c h t o S e c r e t a r y , a u t h o r i s e d o f f i c e r , o r p e r s o n a c t i n g u n d e r d i r e c t i o n o f S e c r e t a r y o f a u t h o r i s e d o f f i c e r ( S 6 6 ) L i a b i l i t y a t t a c h e d t o t h e C r o w n s 6 6 ( 2 ) A c t t o b e r e v i e w e d a s a p a f t e r 3 0 M a r c h 2 0 2 2 P a r t 7 M i s c e l l a n e o u s Part 3 Investigations See page 4 Part 2 Occupancy certificates See page 3 2
  • 15. M a n d a t o r y N o t i f i c a t i o n t o D e p a r t m e n t o f C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e 6 - 1 2 m o n t h s p r i o r t o p r o p o s e d a p p l i c a t i o n ( S 7 ( 1 ) , S 9 ( 1 ) ( a ) ) N o t i f i c a t i o n o f P r o h i b i t i o n o r d e r t o C o u n c i l c e r t i f i e r s D e v e l o p e r , o w n e r s , R . G . ( S 9 ( 3 ) ) P r o h i b i t i o n o r d e r s i f s e r i o u s d e f e c t s e x i s t s ( S 9 ( 1 ) ( c ) ) O C i s s u e d i n c o n t r a v e n t i o n s o f p r o h i b i t i o n s o r d e r I N V A L I D ( S 9 ( 6 ) ) D e v e l o p e r m a y a p p e a l a g a i n s t p r o h i b i t i o n o r d e r t o L & E c o u r t b u t a p p e a l d o e s n o t o p e r a t e a s a s t a y ( S 1 0 ) 3
  • 16. P o w e r t o c a r r y o u t d e s t r u c t i v e P o w e r t o s e i z e ( S 2 4 ( 6 ) ) a n d t o P e n a l t i e s f o r o b s t r u c t i o n o f o f f i c e r s ( S 2 6 ) a n d f o r f a i l u r e s t o c o m p l y w i t h d i r e c t i o n s o f o f f i c e r s ( S 2 7 ) P o w e r t o e n t e r p r e m i s e s . ( D i v 4 ) t e s t i n g ( S 2 4 ( 2 ) ( k ) , S 2 4 ( 5 ) ) a s w e l l a s o t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n s ( S 2 4 ( 2 ) ) u s e r e c o r d s f o r e v i d e n c e i n p r o c e e d i n g s ( S 2 5 ) P o w e r s t o c o m p e l a n s w e r s ( S 1 8 ) W h i c h m a y b e r e c o r d e d ( S 1 9 ) I n f o r m a t i o n g a t h e r i n g p o w e r s 4
  • 17. P o w e r t o o r d e r r e c t i f i c a t i o n ( S 3 3 ) S e c r e t a r y m a y d e m o l i s h a b u i l d i n g o r p a r t o f a b u i l d i n g i f r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r s i s n o t c o m p l i e d w i t h ( S 4 2 ) W o r k r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r s m u s t b e c o n s i d e r e d i n N C A T a n d o t h e r c o u r t p r o c e e d i n g s r e l a t i n g t o b u i l d i n g w o r k t h e s u b j e c t o f t h e o r d e r ( S 4 3 ) D e v e l o p e r s m a y a p p e a l t o L & E C o u r t ( D i v 3 ) A p p e a l d o e s n o t o p e r a t e a s a s t a y ( S 5 0 ) B u t S e c r e t a r y n e e d n o t g i v e n o t i c e i f t h e r e i s a s e r i o u s r i s k t o p u b l i c s a f e t y o r t h e r e i s a n N a t u r a l j u s t i c e r e q u i r e m e n t s ( D i v 2 ) e m e r g e n c y . ( S 4 4 ( 3 ) ) P o w e r t o c o m p e l o c c u p i e r s t o p r o v i d e a c c e s s ( S 4 1 ) M o r e t h a n o n e b u i l d i n g r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r m a y b e i s s u e d ( S 5 3 ) B u i l d i n g r e c t i f i c a t i o n o r d e r m a y b e i s s u e d t o m o r e t h a n 1 p e r s o n ( S 5 4 ) o r 1 d e v e l o p e r ( S 5 5 ) C o m b i n e d o r d e r s ( D i v 5 ) D e v e l o p e r s m a y a p p e a l a g a i n s t c o m p l i a n c e c o s t s n o t i c e t o L & E c o u r t ( S 5 2 ) D e v e l o p e r s L i a b l e f o r c o s t o f c o m p l i a n c e ( D i v 4 ) 5