On 1 December 2019, updated building and certification
provisions under Part 6 of the Environmental Planning and
Assessment Act 1979 (Act) came into effect.
The operational requirements have also come into effect through the
Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Building and
Subdivision Certification) Regulation 2019
(Regulation). An overview of these changes and
what they may mean for building certification and development
processes is provided below.
Removal of interim occupation certificates
References to 'interim' and 'final' occupation
certificates no longer exist under the new Part 6 requirements of
the EP&A Act. Instead, only a single occupation certificate can
be obtained for either a whole, or part of, a building. Under
section 6.10 of the Act, for an occupation certificate to be
issued, all of the preconditions of the development consent must be
complied with. If an occupation certificate is only required for
part of a building, the new
