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
- 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- 6 Part 3A repealed and Part 4 substituted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
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Division 3--of Part 11 of the Building Act 1993 is repealed.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
- 69 New Part 2B inserted in Schedule 1
- 70 Amendments to Part 6 of Schedule 1
- 71 General contents etc. of a contract
- 72 Domestic Builders Fund
PART 4--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT