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HOME BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1991 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Home Building Contracts Act 1991 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Home Building Contracts Act 1991

61 of 1991

30 Dec 1991

4 Apr 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 3 Apr 1992 p. 1461)

Strata Titles Amendment Act 1995 s. 97

58 of 1995

20 Dec 1995

14 Apr 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Mar 1996 p. 981)

Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 s. 188

73 of 1995

27 Dec 1995

1 Jan 1996 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6291)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Home Building Contracts Amendment Act 1996

72 of 1996

13 Nov 1996

1 Feb 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Jan 1997 p. 543)

Trustees Amendment Act 1997 s. 18

1 of 1997

6 May 1997

16 Jun 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Jun 1997 p. 2661)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 73

57 of 1997

15 Dec 1997

15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Home Building Contracts Act 1991 as at 30 Oct 1998 (includes amendments listed above)

Building Legislation Amendment Act 2000 Pt. 3 and s. 59 and 62 2

76 of 2000

7 Dec 2000

s. 43, 44, 48, 49(2), 50(1), 51-53, 55-57, 58(c), 59 and 62: 1 Aug 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Jul 2001 p. 3907);
s. 45-47, 49(1), 50(2), 54, 58(a) and (b): 1 Nov 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Jul 2001 p. 3907)

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 s. 220

10 of 2001

28 Jun 2001

15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)

Reprint of the Home Building Contracts Act 1991 as at 9 Nov 2001 (includes amendments listed above)

Home Building Contracts Amendment Act 2002

37 of 2002

20 Nov 2002

20 Nov 2002 (see s. 2)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 66

74 of 2003

15 Dec 2003

15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141

59 of 2004

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Reprint 3: The Home Building Contracts Act 1991 as at 10 Feb 2006 (includes amendments listed above)

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 75

8 of 2009

21 May 2009

22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 s. 33 3

34 of 1995

29 Sep 1995

To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

2 The Building Legislation Amendment Act 2000 s. 59 and 62 read as follows:

“

59. References to Committee in other written laws

A reference in any written law to the Building Disputes Committee constituted under the Builders’ Registration Act 1939 is to be read and construed as a reference to the Building Disputes Tribunal under that Act as amended by this Act.

62. Review

(1) The Minister is to carry out a review of the operation and effectiveness of the amendments made by this Act as soon as is practicable after the expiration of 3 years from the commencement of section 1 of this Act.

(2) The Minister is to prepare a report based on the review made under subsection (1) and, as soon as is practicable after the report is prepared, is to cause it to be laid before each House of Parliament.

”.

3 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 s. 33, which gives effect to Sch. 2, had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

“
33. Consequential amendments

The Acts referred to in the first column of Schedule 2 are amended in the manner set out in the second column of that Schedule.

”.

Schedule 2 item 3 reads as follows:

“

3.

Home Building Contracts Act 1991

In the definition of “dwelling” in section 3(1), insert after “residence” the following —

“ , but does not include a park home, as defined in the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 ”.

”.