Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 178

In this Division, disciplinary action in relation to a registered building practitioner means one or more of the following—

        (a)     reprimand the practitioner;

        (b)     direct the practitioner—

              (i)     to do a specified thing, including to rectify or complete specified building work; or

              (ii)     not to do a specified thing;

        (c)     require the practitioner to successfully complete a specified course of training within a specified period;

S. 178(d) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 8(1).

        (d)     impose a penalty of not more than 150 penalty units, in the case of a natural person, or 750 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate, unless—

              (i)     a charge has been filed in the Magistrates' Court in relation to the matter; or

              (ii)     the matter has been dealt with by a court exercising its criminal jurisdiction; or

              (iii)     the matter has been dealt with by the issue of an infringement notice;

        (e)     vary a condition (other than a prescribed condition), or impose a condition, on the practitioner's registration;

        (f)     suspend registration for not more than 3 years either wholly, or as a partial suspension in relation to a specified matter;

        (g)     cancel registration;

S. 178(ga) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 8(2).

        (ga)     disqualify the practitioner from being a nominee director of a registered body corporate or a specified registered body corporate for a specified period not exceeding the period during which the body corporate is registered;

S. 178(gb) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 8(2).

        (gb)     in the case of a registered body corporate, disqualify a registered building practitioner who is an officer of the body corporate from being a nominee director, or being otherwise involved in the management, of the body corporate for a specified period not exceeding the period during which the body corporate is registered;

S. 178(h) substituted by No. 46/2018 s. 45.

        (h)     disqualify the practitioner for a specified period of up to 3 years from being registered in any category or class of building practitioner.

S. 178A inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 25.