Page 896 - Week 03 - Thursday, 14 April 1994

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PROPERTY.

IN SOME CASES AN UNAPPROVED BUILDING OR STRUCTURE MAY BE A SAFETY OR HEALTH RISK, BUT THE OWNER WILL NOT BE ENCOURAGED TO BRING IT UP TO AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD UNLESS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IN SO DOING, IT MAY EVENTUALLY BE APPROVED. IN CASES WHERE THE OWNER IS CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS OF AN UNAPPROVED BUILDING, THERE IS MORE LIKELIHOOD THAT HE OR SHE WILL SEEK ADVICE FROM THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY, IF THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT THE AUTHORITYS RESPONSE WILL BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A DEMOLITION NOTICE.

MADAM SPEAKER, IT IS CONTRARY TO THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE ORDERLY AND PROPER PLANNING OF THE TERRITORY THAT THERE SHOULD BE NUMBERS OF UNAPPROVED BUILDINGS CONCEALED FROM THE AUTHORITIES. IT IS ALSO UNFAIR THAT A LANDHOLDER SHOULD HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE GOOD A SITUATION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CREATED EITHER THROUGH IGNORANCE OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING, OR THROUGH ERROR.

IT IS ALSO UNSATISFACTORY THAT WHILE THE BUILDING ACT PERMITS

THE APPROVAL OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE DESIGN AND SITING ACT

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