Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
32. Protection from liability
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No liability shall lie against any public officer by reason of the fact that any building works are carried out in accordance with the provisions of and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act or that such building works or plans of the building works are subject to inspection or approval by the Commissioner of Building Control or the public officer.
building works
“building works” means —(a)the erection, extension or demolition of a building;(b)the alteration, addition or repair of a building;(c)the provision, extension or alteration of any air conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building,and includes any fixed installation works, and any site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
Nothing in this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act makes it obligatory for the Commissioner of Building Control to inspect any building or building works or the site of any proposed building to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act are complied with or whether any plans, certificates, notices or other documents submitted to him or her are accurate.
Commissioner of Building Control
“Commissioner of Building Control”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;
No liability lies personally against the Commissioner of Building Control or any person authorised under section 3(2) for anything which is done or purported to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and with reasonable care in the execution or purported execution of this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act.
Where the Commissioner of Building Control provides any information to any person in respect of any building or building works by electronic or other means, the Government, the Commissioner of Building Control and any public officer are not liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission of whatever nature or howsoever caused, including any defect or breakdown in the electronic equipment used for providing the information, if the error or omission is made in good faith and in the ordinary course of duties of the Commissioner of Building Control or public officer.
building
“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes —(a)a hut, shed or roofed enclosure;(b)an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary;(c)a dock, wharf or jetty;(ca)a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that —(i)is or is to be supported by water;(ii)is not intended for or useable in navigation; and(iii)is or is to be permanently moored;(d)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel;(da)a fixed installation;(e)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non‑proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product;(f)a shelter provided under the Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997; and(g)such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare to be a building;