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BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 172

Annual fee, proof of insurance and training plan report

    (1)     A registered building practitioner must, on or before each anniversary of the practitioner's registration, pay to the Victorian Building Authority Fund the appropriate annual fee—

        (a)     determined in accordance with the guidelines under Division 1 of Part 12; or

        (b)     prescribed by the regulations.

    (2)     If, under Part 9, a registered building practitioner, other than a person referred to in subsection (3), is required to be covered by insurance, the practitioner must on or before each anniversary of the practitioner's registration give written proof to the Authority that—

        (a)     until the next anniversary of the registration or, subject to any conditions the Authority imposes, any lesser period approved by the Authority, the practitioner will be covered by the required insurance; or

        (b)     to the extent that the practitioner is a builder engaged in domestic building work with a cost that is more than the prescribed amount, the practitioner is eligible to be covered by the required insurance.

    (3)     A person who has automatic deemed registration to carry out an activity that may be carried out under a registration under this Part must, on or before each anniversary after the commencement of the person's automatic deemed registration, give to the Authority written proof that, until the next anniversary of the commencement of that automatic deemed registration, the person will be covered or is eligible to be covered (as applicable), by any required insurance for that registration under this Part.

    (4)     If a person is required under this section to provide written proof to the Authority in relation to required insurance, the person must ensure that the written proof is accompanied by the appropriate fee for examination of the written proof by the Authority

        (a)     determined in accordance with the guidelines under Division 1 of Part 12; or

        (b)     prescribed by the regulations.

    (5)     A provisionally registered builder subcontractor must, on each anniversary of the builder subcontractor's registration, report to the Authority on the builder subcontractor's progress in complying with a training plan (if applicable), the compliance with which is a condition of the registration under section 171H(1B).

    (6)     In this section—

"prescribed amount" means—

        (a)     the amount prescribed by the regulations (if any); or

        (b)     if an amount is not prescribed, $16 000.

Subdivision 4—Renewal and surrender of registration

S. 173 (Heading) amended by No. 46/2018 s. 17(1).

S. 173 substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 7.



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