Victorian Numbered Acts

CLADDING SAFETY VICTORIA ACT 2020 (NO. 31 OF 2020)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Application of Act to the Crown and public authorities  

   PART 2--CLADDING SAFETY VICTORIA

           Division 1--Establishment, functions and powers

   5.      Establishment of Cladding Safety Victoria  
   6.      Object of Cladding Safety Victoria  
   7.      Functions of Cladding Safety Victoria  
   8.      Delegation by Cladding Safety Victoria  
   9.      Cladding Safety Victoria represents the Crown  

           Division 2--CSV board

   10.     CSV board  
   11.     Appointment of CSV board members  
   12.     When chairperson or deputy chairperson ceases to hold office  
   13.     When CSV board member ceases to be a member  
   14.     Minister may remove CSV board members  
   15.     Resignation of CSV board member  
   16.     When deputy chairperson is required to act as chairperson  
   17.     Minister may appoint CSV board member to act as deputy chairperson  
   18.     Minister may appoint person to act as CSV board member  
   19.     Validity of acts and decisions of the CSV board  
   20.     Proceedings of the CSV board  
   21.     Pecuniary interests and conflicts of interest of CSV board members  
   22.     Personal liability  

           Division 3--Chief executive officer and staff

   23.     Chief executive officer  
   24.     Staff  

           Division 4--Ministerial direction

   25.     Direction and control of the Minister  

           Division 5--Complaints

   26.     Complaints to Cladding Safety Victoria  

   PART 3--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CLADDING RECTIFICATION WORK

   27.     Notification of buildings requiring cladding rectification work  
   28.     Prioritisation of buildings for potential financial assistance  
   29.     Applications to register owners and owners corporations of buildings for potential financial assistance  
   30.     Grants of financial assistance  
   31.     Notice of completion of cladding rectification work  

   PART 4--REPORTING AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1--Reporting obligations

   32.     Strategic plan  
   33.     Annual work program  
   34.     Compliance with strategic plan and annual work program  
   35.     Information to be included in report of operations  
   36.     Record keeping  
   37.     Information sharing  
   38.     Improper use of information  
   39.     Prohibition on disclosure of certain information  

           Division 2--Financial powers

   40.     Cladding Safety Victoria may invest funds  
   41.     Cladding Safety Victoria may engage agent in carrying out functions  
   42.     Cladding Safety Victoria funding  

   PART 5--GENERAL

   43.     Regulations  
   44.      Transitional regulations  
   45.      Review of this Act  

   PART 6--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   46.     Definitions  
   47.     Transfer of staff from the Authority to Cladding Safety Victoria  
   48.     Chief executive officer  
   49.     Transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the Authority to Cladding Safety Victoria  
   50.     Substitution of parties to agreements  
   51.     Existing matters before the Authority  
   52.     Validity of things done under this Part  

   PART 7--AMENDMENT OF BUILDING ACT 1993

   53.     Limitation on time when building action may be brought  
   54.     Subrogation  
   55.     Functions of the Authority  
   56.     Payments into the Cladding Safety Victoria account  
   57.     Payments out of the Cladding Safety Victoria account  
   57A.    Building permit levy must be paid  
   57B.    Building permit application must contain information about cost of building work  
   57C.    Relevant building surveyor must refuse a permit in certain circumstances  
   57D.    Calculation and notification of levy  
   57E.    Authority may reassess levy after building permit issued  
   57F.    Authority to give notice of refund  
   58.     Information sharing  
   58A.    New section 277A inserted  

   PART 8--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004

   59.     Persons with functions of public service body Head  
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