(1A) A contractor may notify the Secretary, in such
manner as the Secretary may approve, that the contractor has a dispute with a
person with respect to residential building work or specialist work done by
the contractor, not being a dispute with another contractor. The regulations
may impose restrictions on the disputes that can be notified under this
subsection.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a notification under that
subsection may be made by--
(a) an owner of a lot in a strata scheme (within
the meaning of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 ) about residential
building work or specialist work relating to common property in the strata
scheme, or
(b) an owner of a lot in a scheme (within the meaning of the
Community Land Management Act 2021 ) about residential building work or
specialist work relating to association property in the scheme.
(3) A person
cannot notify a dispute under this Division in relation to residential
building work or specialist work if any action required in relation to the
work under Part 11 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 has not been
completed.
(4) Subsection (3) does not prevent the President of the Tribunal
from making a direction about the work under section 48J(b).
