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BUILDING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CONSUMER PROTECTION) ACT 2016 (NO. 15 OF 2016)

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Purposes  
  • 2 Commencement  

PART 2--RESOLUTION OF DOMESTIC BUILDING WORK DISPUTES

Division 1--Amendments to Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995

  • 3 Definitions  
  • 4 Building work to which Act does not apply  
  • 5 New section 29A inserted  
  • 6 Part 3A repealed and Part 4 substituted  
  • 7 New section 56 inserted  
  • 8 New section 57A inserted  
  • 9 New Subdivision 3 inserted in Division 2 of Part 5  
  • 10 References to Tribunal  
  • 11 New section 136 inserted  
  • 12 New Schedule 1 inserted  
  • 13 Definitions  
  • 14 Tribunal may request information about domestic building dispute  
  • 15 New clauses 12B to 12D inserted  

PART 3--REGULATION OF BUILDING WORK AND BUILDING PRACTITIONERS

Division 1--Interpretation

  • 16 Definitions  

Division 2--Abolition of Building Practitioners Board

  • 17 Repeal of Division 3 of Part 11  

Division 3--of Part 11 of the Building Act 1993 is repealed.

  • 18 Transfer of Building Practitioners Board functions to Victorian Building Authority  
  • 19 Application for registration  
  • 20 Registration  
  • 21 New section 170A inserted  
  • 22 New section 171 substituted  
  • 23 New sections 172AA, 172AAB and 172AAC inserted  
  • 24 Offences  
  • 25 New Divisions 2, 3 and 4 of Part 11 substituted for Divisions 2 and 2A  
  • 26 Regulation-making powers  

Division 4--Regulation of owner-builders

  • 27 Restrictions on owner-builder  
  • 28 Further restrictions on owner-builders  
  • 29 Application for owner-builder certificate of consent  
  • 30 Decision on application for certificate of consent  
  • 31 Certificate of consent  
  • 32 Register of certificates  
  • 33 Repeal of section 25I  
  • 34 New section 227AA inserted  
  • 35 Functions of performance auditors  
  • 36 Powers of performance auditors  

Division 5--Regulation of building surveyors

  • 37 New Division 1 heading inserted in Part 6  
  • 38 When may a private building surveyor be appointed?  
  • 39 Circumstances in which private building surveyor may not act  
  • 40 New Division 2 inserted in Part 6  
  • 41 New Division 3 inserted in Part 6  
  • 42 Directions and recommendations in relation to building surveyors  
  • 43 Role of municipal building surveyor outside municipal district  
  • 44 Section 16 substituted  
  • 45 Costs of building work  
  • 46 Further limitations on issue of building permit  
  • 47 New sections 30A and 30B inserted  
  • 48 New Division 1 heading inserted in Part 4  
  • 49 New Division 2 of Part 4 substituted for section 37  
  • 50 New Division 3 heading inserted in Part 4  
  • 51 New section 118A inserted  
  • 52 Offence to work as building practitioner without required insurance  
  • 53 New section 138A inserted  

Division 7--Enforcement

  • 54 New Division 2A inserted in Part 13  

Division 8--General

  • 55 Section 199 substituted  
  • 56 Statute law revision  

Division 9--Transitional provisions

  • 57 New section 273 inserted  
  • 58 New Schedule 8 inserted  

Division 10--Amendments relating to dispute resolution

  • 59 Definitions of dispute resolution order and domestic building work dispute  
  • 60 New section 37HA inserted  
  • 61 Directions may be revoked  
  • 62 Requirement to give copies of directions  
  • 63 Grounds for disciplinary action  
  • 64 Applying for internal review  
  • 65 Internal review  
  • 66 Application for review by VCAT of reviewable decision  
  • 67 Proceedings and decision  
  • 68 Repeal of section 241B  

Division 11--Amendments to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

  • 69 New Part 2B inserted in Schedule 1  
  • 70 Amendments to Part 6 of Schedule 1  

Division 12--Amendments to Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995

  • 71 General contents etc. of a contract  
  • 72 Domestic Builders Fund  

PART 4--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

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