Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 113

    (1)     Subject to section 107, if a municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor is of the opinion that—

        (a)     a circumstance referred to in section 106 exists in relation to a building, land or place of public entertainment or building work that is being or is proposed to be carried out on the building, land or place; and

        (b)     building work, protection work or other work required by the regulations that is proposed by the relevant building surveyor to be carried out to remove or to wholly or partially reduce, or to contribute to removing or to wholly or partially reducing, the circumstance, is of a minor nature—

the relevant building surveyor may make a building order requiring the owner of the building, land or place to carry out the work that is of a minor nature.

    (2)     Subject to section 107, if a municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor is of the opinion that—

        (a)     a circumstance referred to in section 106(d) exists in relation to a building, land or place of public entertainment or building work that is being or is proposed to be carried out on the building, land or place; and

        (b)     certain action is necessary to remove or to wholly or partially reduce, or to contribute to removing or to wholly or partially reducing, the circumstance; and

        (c)     the action that is necessary is of a minor nature—

the relevant building surveyor may make a building order requiring the owner of the building, land or place to take the action that is necessary.

    (3)     A municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor may make a building order under subsection (1) or (2) without first serving a building notice.