Building Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Act 2016
No. 15 of 2016
table of provisions
Section Page
Part 1—Preliminary
1Purposes
2Commencement
Part 2—Resolution of domestic building work disputes
Division 1—Amendments to Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995
3Definitions
4Building work to which Act does not apply
5New section 29A inserted
6Part 3A repealed and Part 4 substituted
7New section 56 inserted
8New section 57A inserted
9New Subdivision 3 inserted in Division 2 of Part 5
10References to Tribunal
11New section 136 inserted
12New Schedule 1 inserted
Division 2—Amendments to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998
13Definitions
14Tribunal may request information about domestic building dispute
15New clauses 12B to 12D inserted
Part 3—Regulation of building work and building practitioners
Division 1—Interpretation
16Definitions
Division 2—Abolition of Building Practitioners Board
17Repeal of Division 3 of Part 11
18Transfer of Building Practitioners Board functions to Victorian Building Authority
Division 3—Registration of building practitioners
19Application for registration
20Registration
21New section 170A inserted
22New section 171 substituted
23New sections 172AA, 172AAB and 172AAC inserted
24Offences
25New Divisions 2, 3 and 4 of Part 11 substituted for Divisions 2 and 2A
26Regulation-making powers
Division 4—Regulation of owner-builders
27Restrictions on owner-builder
28Further restrictions on owner-builders
29Application for owner-builder certificate of consent
30Decision on application for certificate of consent
31Certificate of consent
32Register of certificates
33Repeal of section 25I
34New section 227AA inserted
35Functions of performance auditors
36Powers of performance auditors
Division 5—Regulation of building surveyors
37New Division 1 heading inserted in Part 6
38When may a private building surveyor be appointed?
39Circumstances in which private building surveyor may not act
40New Division 2 inserted in Part 6
41New Division 3 inserted in Part 6
42Directions and recommendations in relation to building surveyors
43Role of municipal building surveyor outside municipal district
Division 6—Regulation of building work
44Section 16 substituted
45Costs of building work
46Further limitations on issue of building permit
47New sections 30A and 30B inserted
48New Division 1 heading inserted in Part 4
49New Division 2 of Part 4 substituted for section 37
50New Division 3 heading inserted in Part 4
51New section 118A inserted
52Offence to work as building practitioner without required insurance
53New section 138A inserted
Division 7—Enforcement
54New Division 2A inserted in Part 13
Division 8—General
55Section 199 substituted
56Statute law revision
Division 9—Transitional provisions
57New section 273 inserted
58New Schedule 8 inserted
Division 10—Amendments relating to dispute resolution
59Definitions of dispute resolution order and domestic building work dispute
60New section 37HA inserted
61Directions may be revoked
62Requirement to give copies of directions
63Grounds for disciplinary action
64Applying for internal review
65Internal review
66Application for review by VCAT of reviewable decision
67Proceedings and decision
68Repeal of section 241B
Division 11—Amendments to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998
69New Part 2B inserted in Schedule 1
70Amendments to Part 6 of Schedule 1
Division 12—Amendments to Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995
71General contents etc. of a contract
72Domestic Builders Fund
Part 4—Repeal of amending Act
73Repeal of amending Act
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Endnotes
1 General information
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