Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the following:
(a) the issue of certificates (to be known as certificates of compliance ) stating that a building, structure, earthworks, engineering works, electrical works, hydraulic works or eligible alteration is to be treated as complying with the regulations;
(b) conditions of certificates of compliance;
(c) revocation, variation or surrender of certificates of compliance;
(d) fees in respect of applications for certificates of compliance;
(e) in a case where an airport lease is transferred--the transfer of a certificate of compliance to the transferee.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may make provision for or in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating (with or without modification) any matter contained in:
(a) the Building Code of Australia; or
(b) the Building Code of Australia as it applies in a particular State; or
(c) a law of a State; or
(d) a standard proposed or approved by Standards Australia; or
(e) a standard made by, or by an authority of, the United States of America; or
(f) a standard made by, or by an authority of, a member state of the European Union;
as in force or existing from time to time.
(3) A condition prescribed under paragraph (1)(b) may relate to the carrying out of one or more inspections.
(4) Subsection (3) does not, by implication, limit the operation of paragraph (1)(b).
(5) The regulations may provide that certificates of compliance must not be issued for particular kinds of buildings, structures, earthworks, engineering works, electrical works, hydraulic works or eligible alterations.