Victorian Consolidated Legislation

House Contracts Guarantee Act 1987 - SECT 17

Discretionary payments

17. Discretionary payments



(1) Subject to subsection (2), VMIA may make a payment or payments in respect
of a claim made to it or the approved guarantor which it is not liable to make
but which it would have been liable to make if-

   (a)  the builder or supervisor had been an approved builder or an approved
        supervisor; or

   (b)  the defect had been caused by bad workmanship on the part of the
        builder or of a person working under the management or supervision of
        the supervisor.



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