s 35 Fire certificate
35.—(1) This section applies only to buildings or classes of buildings that the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, designates.[22/2019] (2) A person must not —(a) occupy or use a building; or (b) permit a building owned or managed by the person to be occupied or used, unless there is a fire certificate authorising the occupation or use. [22/2019] (3) An application for a fire certificate for a building must be made in accordance with regulations made under this Act.[22/2019] (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.[22/2019] (5) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (4) in relation to the use or occupation of a building, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant knew that there was no fire certificate authorising the use or occupation of the building.[22/2019] (6) The offence under subsection (4) is a strict liability offence.[20 [22/2019]