Building Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Building Amendment Act (No 2) 1999

No. 69 of 1999

CONTENTS

Section

1 Name of Act

2 Commencement

3 Act amended

4 Interpretation

5 Building controller

6 Issue of building approvals

7 Power of Minister to determine fees

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Building Amendment Act (No 2) 1999

No. 69 of 1999

An Act to amend the Building Act 1972

[Notified in ACT Gazette S62: 3 December 1999]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Building  Amendment Act (No 2) 1999.

2. Commencement

3. Sections 1, 2 and 3 commence on the day this Act is notified in the Gazette.

4. The remaining provisions commence on the day section 4 of the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1999 commences.

5. Act amended

   This Act amends the Building Act 1972.

6. Interpretation

   Section 5 is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

   “training fund board means the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Board under the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1999.

   training levy means the training levy under the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1999.”.

7. Building controller

   Section 7 is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

“(2A) The building controller may act as agent for the training fund board in connection with payments of training levy.

“(2B)   In acting under subsection (2A) the building controller must act as directed by the training fund board.”.

1. Issue of building approvals

   Section 34 is amended—

(a)   by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (g) “; and”; and

(b)   by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraph:

“(h)the training levy has been paid.”.

1. Power of Minister to determine fees

   Section 65 is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

2. A fee for subparagraph 34 (7) (b) (iv) may only be determined by reference to the value of building work for which a building approval has been issued.”.

Endnote

Act amended

1. Republished as in force on 31 January 1995.  See also Acts 1995 No 28; 1996 No 85; 1997 Nos 62, 70 and 96; 1998 Nos 48 and 52; 1999 No 48.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 16 November 1999]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1999