Section 13 of the Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021 regulates certain work that is excluded from being building work under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020.

The following additional exemptions have been added to Section 13:

(1) work to install the following, but only if the work is the subject of a development consent that primarily relates to the installation—

(i) an awning, blind or canopy over a window or door,

(ii) a roofed structure over a balcony, deck, patio, or terrace, whether open or enclosed, unless the roofed structure is installed above the existing topmost roof of the building,

(2) work that—

(i) is the subject of a development consent that primarily relates to the work, and

(ii) is not—

(A) work for a building element for building work, or

(B) work for a performance solution for building work, including a building element.

For the complete list of exemptions see Division 3 Section 13 of the Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021.