Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1997 (NO. 70 OF 1997) - SECT 5

5. Section 5 of the Building Act is amended—

    (a)     by adding at the end of subparagraph (c) (i) of the definition of “building work” in subsection (1) “or”;

    (b)     by omitting subparagraph (c) (iii) of the definition of “building work” in subsection (1);

    (c)     by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of “applicable standard” and “mechanical ventilation system” and substituting respectively the following definitions:

“ ‘applicable standard' means Australian Standard 3666-1989, as amended for the purposes of this Act under section 6B and section 42N (before its repeal);

‘mechanical ventilation system' includes—

        (a)     an air-handling system within the meaning of the applicable standard;

        (b)     a condenser within the meaning of the applicable standard; and

        (c)     a cooling tower within the meaning of the applicable standard;”;

    (d)     by omitting from subsection (1) the following definitions:

“hazardous substance”;

“initial standard”;

“system licence”;

“unacceptable Legionella levels”; and

    (e)     by omitting subsection (6).