Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 10

                   The ABC Commissioner has the following functions:

                     (a)  monitoring and promoting appropriate standards of conduct by building industry participants, including by:

                              (i)  monitoring and promoting compliance with this Act, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 , the FW Act and the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 ; and

                             (ii)  monitoring and promoting compliance with the Building Code; and

                            (iii)  referring matters to other relevant agencies and bodies;

                     (b)  investigating suspected contraventions, by building industry participants, of:

                              (i)  this Act, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 , the FW Act, the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 or a Commonwealth industrial instrument; and

                             (ii)  the Building Code;

                     (c)  instituting, or intervening in, proceedings, or making submissions, in accordance with this Act;

                     (d)  providing assistance and advice to building industry participants regarding their rights and obligations under this Act, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 , the FW Act and the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 ;

                     (e)  providing representation to a building industry participant who is, or might become, a party to a proceeding under this Act, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 , the FW Act or the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 , if the ABC Commissioner considers that providing the representation would promote the enforcement of this Act, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 , the FW Act or the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 ;

                      (f)  disseminating information about this Act, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 , the FW Act, the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 and the Building Code, and about other matters affecting building industry participants, including disseminating information by facilitating ongoing discussions with building industry participants;

                     (g)  any other functions conferred on the ABC Commissioner by this Act or by another Act;

                     (h)  any other functions conferred on the ABC Commissioner by the regulations.