Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Building Act 1993 - SECT 1

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Purposes

1. Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are-

   (a)  to regulate building work and building standards; and

   (b)  to provide for the accreditation of building products, construction
        methods, building components and building systems; and

   (c)  to provide an efficient and effective system for issuing building and
        occupancy permits and administering and enforcing related building and
        safety matters and resolving building disputes; and

   (d)  to regulate building practitioners and plumbers; and

   (e)  to regulate plumbing work and plumbing standards; and

   (f)  to provide for the accreditation, certification and authorisation of
        plumbing work, products and materials; and

   (g)  to regulate cooling tower systems; and

   (h)  to limit the periods within which building actions and plumbing
        actions may be brought.