Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 7

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to prohibiting or regulating—

S. 7(1)(a) amended by No. 66/2004 s. 4.

        (a)     the construction, use, maintenance, demolition and removal of buildings;

        (b)     any matter relating to the safety of buildings and places of public entertainment;

        (c)     the use and maintenance of places of public entertainment.

    (2)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this Part may—

        (a)     provide for any matters set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1; and

        (b)     establish standards and requirements relating to any matter referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) or Part 1 of Schedule 1; and

        (c)     require the carrying out of building work and maintenance on existing buildings and building work.

    (3)     The standards established by the regulations may be expressed in terms of performance, types of material, methods of construction or in other terms.

    (4)     The regulations may provide for buildings constructed with particular materials, designs or methods of construction to be deemed to satisfy the prescribed standards.

    (5)     The regulations may apply to existing buildings, whether or not building work is being or is proposed to be carried out on those buildings.