Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Building Act 1993 - SECT 16

Building permit required

16. Building permit required



(1) A person must not carry out building work unless a building permit in
respect of the work has been issued and is in force under this Act and the
work is carried out in accordance with this Act, the building regulations and
the permit.

Penalty: 100 penalty units, in the case of a natural person. 500 penalty
units, in the case of a body corporate.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to building work exempted by or under this
Act or the regulations.

Division 2-Applications for building permits