Home Building Act 1989 No 147
Current version for 6 July 2012 to date (accessed 21 May 2013 at 18:15)

29   Definitions

(1)  In this Division:

owner-builder work means residential building work:

(a)  the reasonable market cost of the labour and materials involved in which exceeds the prescribed amount, and
(b)  that relates to a single dwelling-house or a dual occupancy:
(i)  that may not be carried out on the land concerned except with development consent under Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, or
(ii)  that is complying development within the meaning of that Act.

(2)  If land is owned by a company that is wholly owned by individuals, the land is to be taken (for the purposes of this Division) to be owned by those individuals.
(3)  In this Division, a reference to an owner of land includes a reference to a person who has a prescribed interest in the land.
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