Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION ACT 1991 - SECT 77

77 Tribunal may decide building dispute

(1) A person involved in a building dispute may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act , to the tribunal to have the tribunal decide the dispute.

(2) However, the person may not apply to the tribunal unless the person has complied with a process established by the commission to attempt to resolve the dispute.

(3) Without limiting the tribunal’s powers to resolve the dispute, the tribunal may exercise 1 or more of the following powers—

(a) order the payment of an amount found to be owing by 1 party to another;

(b) order relief from payment of an amount claimed by 1 party from another;

(c) award damages, and interest on the damages at the rate, and calculated in the way, prescribed under a regulation;

(d) order restitution;

(e) declare any misleading, deceptive or otherwise unjust contractual term to be of no effect, or otherwise vary a contract to avoid injustice;

(f) avoid a policy of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme;

(g) order rectification or completion of defective or incomplete tribunal work;

(h) award costs.