Home Building Contracts Amendment Regulations 2007 (WA)

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CE305*

Home Building Contracts Act 1991

Home Building Contracts Amendment

Regulations 2007

on a later day, on that day.

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Home Building Contracts Amendment
Regulations 2007.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows:

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations —

(i)     on 2 July 2007; or

(ii)      if these regulations are published in the Gazette

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3.           The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Home Building
Contracts Regulations 1992*.

[* Reprinted as at 7 June 2002.

For amendments to 9 May 2007 see Western Australian

Legislation Information Tables for 2006, Table 4.]

4. Regulation 2A inserted
After regulation 2 the following regulation is inserted -

2A.	Prescribed amounts for the purposes of "home building work contract" (section 3(1))
For the purposes of the definition of "home building work contract" in section 3(1) of the Act -

(a)	the prescribed amount for paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition is $7 500; and
(b)	the prescribed amount for paragraph (b)(iii) of the definition is $500 000.

5.            Regulation 7 amended

Regulation 7 is amended by deleting "$12 000" and inserting instead -

" $20 000

6.	Regulation 7A inserted After regulation 7 the following regulation is inserted -
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7A. Prescribed limit (section 25D(1)(a)(i))

limit is prescribed to be $20 000.

For the purposes of section 251)(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the

7.            Schedule 1 amended

Schedule 1 is amended as follows:

(a)	in the paragraph beginning with "The Act deals with contracts" by deleting "$6 000" and inserting instead - " $7 500 ";
(b)	contracts" by deleting "$200 000" and inserting

in the paragraph beginning with "The Act deals with " $500 000

(c) in the paragraph beginning with "It is compulsory" by deleting "$12 000" and inserting instead -

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$20 000 ";

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(d) insurance is also compulsory" by deleting "$12 000"

in the paragraph beginning with "Home indemnity " $20 000 ";

(e) insurance will protect you" by deleting "$13 000" and

in the paragraph beginning with "Home indemnity " $20 000 ”.

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor

and deputy of the Governor,

G. M. PIKE, Clerk of the Executive Council.