Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Amendment Act 2006 (ACT)

Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Amendment Act 2006

A2006-54

An Act to amend the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1999

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

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Amendment Act 2006.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This Act amends the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1999.

4. Definitions—pt 3
   Section 15, definition of exempt work

   substitute

   exempt work means—

   (a)work the value of which is not more than $10 000; or

   (b)work done by a public authority, other than work that has been awarded to the public authority because of a public tendering process; or

   (c)building work in relation to an exempt building under the Building Act 2004, section 12 (Exempt buildings); or

   NoteThe Building Regulation 2004, s 5 prescribes exempt buildings.

   (d)building work in relation to a building to which the Building Act 2004 does not apply because of that Act, section 13 (Application of Act to buildings and building work); or

   NoteThe Building Regulation 2004, s 6 prescribes buildings to which the Building Act 2004 does not apply.

   (e)building work in relation to a building to which an exemption under the Building Act 2004, section 14 (Temporary exemptions for buildings) applies; or

   (f)building work to which the Building Act 2004, part 3 (Building work) does not apply because of that Act, section 15 (Application of pt 3 to building work).

   NoteThe Building Regulation 2004, s 7 and s 7A prescribe building work that is exempt from the application of the Building Act 2004, pt 3 (and pt 6).

5. Section 15, definition of project owner

   substitute

   project owner, for work, means—

   (a)if the work is done on land by or for the owner of the land—the owner; or

   (b)in any other case—the person on whose behalf the work is done.

6. Section 19

   substitute

7. Assessment of value of work

   (1)The value of work on which levy is payable is—

   (a)if the work is building work—the value used to work out the fee payable under the Building Act in relation to the issue of the building approval for the work; or

   (b)in any other case—the value agreed by the authority and the project owner or, if they disagree, the value assessed by a qualified valuer agreed by the authority and the owner.

   (2)The reasonable cost of the qualified valuer’s assessment is payable by the authority and the project owner equally.

8. Application of training plans
   Section 27 (2)

   omit

   30 June

   substitute

   31 October

Endnotes

1. Presentation speech

   Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 21 September 2006.

2. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 30 November 2006.

3. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see certify that the above is a true copy of the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Amendment Bill 2006, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 23 November 2006.

   Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

   © Australian Capital Territory 2006