Victorian Numbered Regulations

BUILDING AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 73 OF 2021) - REG 12

After regulation 269 of the Principal Regulations insert —

        " 269A             Relevant building surveyor exempt from certain requirements in section 24A(1) of the Act in relation to issuing certain building permits

    (1)     A relevant building surveyor is exempt from the following provisions of the Act, in relation to the issuing of a building permit by the relevant building surveyor during the transition period for the carrying out of domestic building work under a major domestic building contract, if the builder named in the building permit is a relevant building practitioner—

        (a)         section 24A(1)(a) of the Act in respect of the requirement in section 24B(4)(b) of the Act that a builder's registration authorises the carrying out of the work under a major domestic building contract;

        (b)                 section 24A(1)(c)(ii) of the Act.

    (2)     In this regulation—

"transition period" means the period beginning on 1 July 2021 and ending on 31 January 2022.

        269B             Certain persons exempt from section 169F(1) of the Act

    (1)     An unregistered person who carries out domestic building work under and in accordance with a major domestic building contract, in partnership with a relevant building practitioner named in a relevant building permit relating to that work, is exempt from section 169F(1) of the Act with respect to the carrying out of that work.

    (2)     An unregistered person who is employed to carry out domestic building work under and in accordance with a major domestic building contract, by a relevant building practitioner named in a relevant building permit relating to that work, is exempt from section 169F(1) of the Act with respect to the carrying out of that work.

    (3)     An unregistered person who is engaged to carry out domestic building work under and in accordance with a major domestic building contract, by a relevant building practitioner named in a relevant building permit relating to that work, is exempt from section 169F(1) of the Act with respect to the carrying out of that work.".