Victorian Numbered Acts

BUILDING AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 54 OF 2007) - SECT 3

For section 1 of the Building Act 1993 substitute —

    "     1     Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to regulate building work and building standards; and

        (b)     to provide for the accreditation of building products, construction methods, building components and building systems; and

        (c)     to provide an efficient and effective system for issuing building and occupancy permits and administering and enforcing related building and safety matters and resolving building disputes; and

        (d)     to regulate building practitioners and plumbers; and

        (e)     to regulate plumbing work and plumbing standards; and

        (f)     to provide for the accreditation, certification and authorisation of plumbing work, products and materials; and

        (g)     to regulate cooling tower systems; and

        (h)     to limit the periods within which building actions and plumbing actions may be brought.".