Victorian Numbered Acts

BUILDING AMENDMENT (REGISTRATION OF BUILDING TRADES AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2018 (NO. 46 OF 2018) - SECT 49

    (1)     In section 182(1) of the Principal Act, for "If" substitute "Subject to subsection (6), if".

    (2)     After section 182(1) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(1A)     In the case of disciplinary action on the ground set out in section 179(1)(db), the Authority must give a show cause notice by the later of the following—

        (a)     within 28 days of receiving the breach of dispute resolution order notice from the chief dispute resolution officer;

        (b)     within the prescribed period.".

    (3)     After section 182(4) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(5)     In the case of a show cause notice issued in relation to disciplinary action on the ground under section 179(1)(db), the disciplinary action proposed to be taken must include a suspension under section 178(1)(f).

    (6)     The Authority is not required to give the registered building practitioner a show cause notice if—

        (a)     the Authority has issued a notice of immediate suspension under section 180A(2); and

        (b)     the Authority does not propose to take any other disciplinary action.".