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Guidelines under the Building Act 1975.

This guideline is for building certifiers assessing the qualfications and experience of electricians as ‘competent persons’ able to provide a Form 16 under the Building Regulation 2006 if requested.

Assists homeowners, building professionals and local governments in understanding the new part of the Queensland Development Code (QDC) for construction of buildings in flood hazard areas.

The scope of these guidelines is limited to inspection of class 1a buildings and class 10 buildings and structures; a building certifier may consider the guidance provided under the risk matrix of the inspection guidelines for class 2-9 when performing certification functions for building work associated with a class 1b building.

Provides building certifiers guidance on how to meet their responsibilities for sufficient inspections under the Building Act 1975 (BA) and the Building Regulation 2006 (BR).

Provides guidance for a building certifier assessing an individual as competent to perform certification functions that help the certifier perform building certification functions.

Provides guidance to local governments, building certifiers, building owners and other stakeholders about information to be included in a Certificate of Occupancy (CofO), formerly referred to as a Certificate of Classification (CofC) and where these certificates should be displayed.

Guideline under the Building Act 1975.

This Certifier Practice Standard is prepared by the Commissioner for Fair Trading under section 14 of the Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018 (B&DC Act); Section 14 provides that a registered certifier’s conditions of registration may require the certifier to carry out certification work in accordance with specified standards or methodologies prepared by the Commissioner.

This Guide is intended to supplement to the "Criteria for the Passive House, EnerPHit and PHI Low Energy Building Standards" ("Criteria") published by the Passive House Institute and posted online; it explains the Criteria's require-ments given here in a brief and precise manner.