Victorian Consolidated Legislation

House Contracts Guarantee Act 1987 - SECT 9

Owner builders

9. Owner builders



(1) For the guarantee referred to in section 7(2) to be applicable to the
purchaser of a dwelling-house constructed by an owner builder and sold by the
owner builder under a contract of sale entered into during the guarantee
period or after the issue of a conditional certificate of guarantee under
section 6(3), the following requirements must be complied with:

   (a)  The builder must, within the period of six months before entering into
        the contract for sale, have obtained from a recognised person and
        given to the purchaser before the purchaser signed the contract, a
        report containing such matters on the dwelling-house as are required
        by the Minister by notice published in the Government Gazette;



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   (c)  The builder must have paid to the approved guarantor the amount fixed
        by it from time to time for the purposes of this paragraph.



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(3) The guarantee applicable by virtue of this section does not extend to
defects identified in the report on the dwelling-house obtained under
subsection (1)(a).