Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 281C

    (1)     This regulation applies in respect of an application for a building permit accepted by a building surveyor on or after 1 January 2020 and before the commencement of this regulation where the building work the subject of the permit—

        (a)     includes the construction of social housing; and

        (b)     either of the following applies—

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

              (ii)     on completion of the building work, the social housing will be owned, controlled or managed by a participating registered agency and the social housing is fully or partially funded under a program approved by the Director of Housing.

    (2)     Any amount of building permit levy imposed under section 205G(2A) of the Act in relation to the building work that is paid by the applicant to the Authority before or after the commencement of this regulation must be refunded by the Authority to the applicant from the Cladding Account on receiving an application from the applicant for the refund in a form approved by the Authority.

    (3)     In this regulation—

"Cladding Account" means the Cladding Safety Victoria account of the Victorian Building Authority Fund established under section 205 of the Act.

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