DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 56 Certificate of conciliation required to bring proceeding in VCAT to resolve domestic building work dispute
DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 56
Certificate of conciliation required to bring proceeding in VCAT to resolve domestic building work dispute(1) A party to a domestic building work dispute must not make an application to VCAT in relation to the dispute unless the chief dispute resolution officer has issued a certificate of conciliation to the party certifying that the dispute—
(a) was not suitable for conciliation; or
(b) was not resolved by conciliation.
(2) An application to VCAT to commence proceedings in relation to a domestic building work dispute must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of conciliation.
(3) This section does not apply to proceedings for an order in the nature of an injunction.
S. 56(4) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 51.
(4) This section does not affect the validity of any decision made by VCAT any time before, on or after the commencement of Part 6 of the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018 .
S. 57 (Heading) inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 10(4).