Victorian Numbered Acts

BUILDING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CONSUMER PROTECTION) ACT 2016 (NO. 15 OF 2016)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--RESOLUTION OF DOMESTIC BUILDING WORK DISPUTES

           Division 1--Amendments to Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995

   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Building work to which Act does not apply  
   5.      New section 29A inserted  
   6.      Part 3A repealed and Part 4 substituted  
   7.      New section 56 inserted  
   8.      New section 57A inserted  
   9.      New Subdivision 3 inserted in Division 2 of Part 5  
   10.     References to Tribunal  
   11.     New section 136 inserted  
   12.     New Schedule 1 inserted  
   13.     Definitions  
   14.     Tribunal may request information about domestic building dispute  
   15.     New clauses 12B to 12D inserted  

   PART 3--REGULATION OF BUILDING WORK AND BUILDING PRACTITIONERS

           Division 1--Interpretation

   16.     Definitions  

           Division 2--Abolition of Building Practitioners Board

   17.     Repeal of Division 3 of Part 11  

           Division 3--of Part 11 of the Building Act 1993 is repealed.

   18.     Transfer of Building Practitioners Board functions to Victorian Building Authority  
   19.     Application for registration  
   20.     Registration  
   21.     New section 170A inserted  
   22.     New section 171 substituted  
   23.     New sections 172AA, 172AAB and 172AAC inserted  
   24.     Offences  
   25.     New Divisions 2, 3 and 4 of Part 11 substituted for Divisions 2 and 2A  
   26.     Regulation-making powers  

           Division 4--Regulation of owner-builders

   27.     Restrictions on owner-builder  
   28.     Further restrictions on owner-builders  
   29.     Application for owner-builder certificate of consent  
   30.     Decision on application for certificate of consent  
   31.     Certificate of consent  
   32.     Register of certificates  
   33.     Repeal of section 25I  
   34.     New section 227AA inserted  
   35.     Functions of performance auditors  
   36.     Powers of performance auditors  

           Division 5--Regulation of building surveyors

   37.     New Division 1 heading inserted in Part 6  
   38.     When may a private building surveyor be appointed?  
   39.     Circumstances in which private building surveyor may not act  
   40.     New Division 2 inserted in Part 6  
   41.     New Division 3 inserted in Part 6  
   42.     Directions and recommendations in relation to building surveyors  
   43.     Role of municipal building surveyor outside municipal district  
   44.     Section 16 substituted  
   45.     Costs of building work  
   46.     Further limitations on issue of building permit  
   47.     New sections 30A and 30B inserted  
   48.     New Division 1 heading inserted in Part 4  
   49.     New Division 2 of Part 4 substituted for section 37  
   50.     New Division 3 heading inserted in Part 4  
   51.     New section 118A inserted  
   52.     Offence to work as building practitioner without required insurance  
   53.     New section 138A inserted  

           Division 7--Enforcement

   54.     New Division 2A inserted in Part 13  

           Division 8--General

   55.     Section 199 substituted  
   56.     Statute law revision  

           Division 9--Transitional provisions

   57.     New section 273 inserted  
   58.     New Schedule 8 inserted  

           Division 10--Amendments relating to dispute resolution

   59.     Definitions of dispute resolution order and domestic building work dispute  
   60.     New section 37HA inserted  
   61.     Directions may be revoked  
   62.     Requirement to give copies of directions  
   63.     Grounds for disciplinary action  
   64.     Applying for internal review  
   65.     Internal review  
   66.     Application for review by VCAT of reviewable decision  
   67.     Proceedings and decision  
   68.     Repeal of section 241B  

           Division 11--Amendments to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

   69.     New Part 2B inserted in Schedule 1  
   70.     Amendments to Part 6 of Schedule 1  

           Division 12--Amendments to Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995

   71.     General contents etc. of a contract  
   72.     Domestic Builders Fund  

   PART 4--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   73.     Repeal of amending Act  
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