PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Building (Amendment) Act 2022

No. 50 of 2022
Certified on: 4 OCT 2022

-ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 1).
2. Application to buildings (Amendment of Section 4).

AN ACT
entitled
Building (Amendment) Act 2022.
Being an Act to amend the Building Act 1971 and for related purposes,
MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting on the advice of the Minister.
1	INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1).
Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new definitions in their correct alphabetical order:
	""Class A unit" means a unit classified as a class A unit in a strata plan under the Strata Title Act 2022;
	"Class B unit" means a unit classified as a class B unit in a strata plan under the Strata Title Act 2022;
	"staged development", in relation to a strata title application, means a strata development that takes place in stages where each stages require separate approval;".
2	APPLICATION TO BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4).
Section 4 of the principal Act is amended ‑
(a) by inserting "(1)" in front of the words "This Act Applies"; and
	(b) by inserting immediately after Subsection (1) the following new sections:
	"(2) All buildings in a strata development lease issued under the Land Act 1996 are subject to the Strata Title Act 2022.
	(3) Where there is an inconsistency between this Act and the Strata Title Act 2022, the Strata Title Act 2022 prevails.".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Building (Amendment) Act 2022, which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.
4 OCT 2022

I hereby certify that the Building (Amendment) Act 2022, was made by the National Parliament on 23 March 2022.
Speaker of the National Parliament 
4 OCT 2022