Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 - SECT 4

Objects of the Act

4. Objects of the Act

The objects of this Act are-

   (a)  to provide for the maintenance of proper standards in the carrying out
        of domestic building work in a way that is fair to both builders and
        building owners; and



   (b)  to enable disputes involving domestic building work to be resolved as
        quickly, as efficiently and as cheaply as is possible having regard to
        the needs of fairness; and

   (c)  to enable building owners to have access to insurance funds if
        domestic building work under a major domestic building contract is
        incomplete or defective.