Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 281B

    (1)     An applicant for a building permit is exempt from the requirement to pay any building permit levy imposed under section 205G(2A) of the Act for building work the subject of the permit—

        (a)     if the building work includes the construction of social housing; and

        (b)     on completion of the building work, the social housing will be owned, controlled or managed by the Director of Housing.

    (2)     An applicant for a building permit is exempt from the requirement to pay any building permit levy imposed under section 205G(2A) of the Act for building work the subject of the permit—

        (a)     if the building permit includes the construction of social housing; and

        (b)     the social housing is fully or partially funded under a program for the funding of social housing specified in a list which is established, kept and published by the Authority in accordance with subregulation (3); and

        (c)     on completion of the building work, the social housing will be owned, controlled or managed by a participating registered agency.

    (3)     For the purposes of subregulation (2)(b), the Authority must—

        (a)     establish, keep and publish on its website, a list that specifies any program (including the name of the program and a description of that program) for social housing referred to in subregulation (2)(b) (a program ), that is in operation at the time of establishing the list and first publishing the list; and

        (b)     ensure that the list is amended as soon as is practicable after a program specified on the list has ceased to operate or a new program has commenced operation; and

        (c)     republish the list on its website as soon as is practicable after the list has been amended.

    (4)     The Authority must consult with the Director of Housing before publishing a list in accordance with subregulation (3).

    (5)     The list published under subregulation (3) must not disclose the names of any natural person or the address of any property.

    (6)     An exemption under this regulation applies to—

        (a)     the whole of the building work if the building work includes the construction of social housing; and

        (b)     building work carried out under a staged permit if that staged permit, or any previous or subsequent staged permit, relates to building work that includes the construction of social housing.

Reg. 281C inserted by S.R. No. 101/2020 reg. 8.