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BUILDING AMENDMENT (ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2017 (NO. 21
OF 2017)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purposes
2. Commencement
PART 2--REGISTRATION OF BUILDING PRACTITIONERS
3. Definitions
4. When may a private building surveyor be appointed?
5. Circumstances in which private building surveyor may not act
6. New sections 80A and 80B inserted
7. New Division 1 of Part 11 substituted and Division 1A inserted
8. Meaning of disciplinary action
9. Grounds for disciplinary action
10. Grounds for immediate suspension
11. Consequential amendments
12. New section 180C inserted
13. Application for licensing or registration as a plumber
14. Section 221U substituted and new section 221UA inserted
15. New section 241A substituted
16. New section 243A inserted
17. Penalties for bodies corporate
PART 3--ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING PERMITS AND BUILDING SURVEYORS
18. Definitions
19. New section 15B inserted
20. Offences relating to carrying out building work
21. New sections 16A and 16B inserted
22. Section 24A substituted and new section 24B inserted
23. New section 25A substituted and sections 25AB to 25AE inserted
24. Section 33 substituted
25. Section 34 substituted and new sections 35A and 35B inserted
26. Offences relating to compliance with direction
27. Notice to owner and Authority of non-compliance with direction
28. New sections 78A and 78B inserted
29. New Division 1A of Part 6 inserted
30. Termination of appointment
31. Division 1 of Part 8 substituted
32. Building notices
33. Contents and form of building notice
34. Building orders—general
35. Building orders to stop building work
36. Building orders—minor works
37. Amendment or cancellation of certain building orders
38. Effect of decisions under appeal
39. Delegation by the Authority
40. Insertion of new Subdivision 2A in Division 2 of Part 12—VBA inspectors
41. Role of municipal building surveyor outside municipal district
42. New section 221HA inserted
43. Enforcement staff
44. Repeal of sections relating to compliance auditors and plumbing inspectors
45. Repeal of Division 1A of Part 13—Performance audits
Division 1A--of Part 13 of the Building Act 1993 is repealed.
46. Division 2 substituted in Part 13
47. Insertion of Subdivision heading in Division 2A of Part 13
48. Insertion of new Subdivision 2 in Division 2A of Part 13
49. Service of documents—generally
50. Proceedings for offences
51. Offence to hinder or obstruct
52. Section 246 substituted
53. New section 251A inserted
54. Section 253 substituted
55. New section 259AB inserted
56. General regulation-making powers
PART 4--BUILDING PERMIT NUMBERS AND LEVIES
57. Definition
58. New section 18AA inserted
59. Consequential amendments relating to building permit levies
60. New section 18C inserted
61. Amendment to heading of Division 3 of Part 3
62. New section 23A inserted
63. New Division 3AA of Part 3 inserted
64. Functions of the Authority
65. Payments into Building account
66. Building permit levy must be paid
67. New section 205GA inserted
68. Section 205H substituted and new section 205HA inserted
69. Substitution of sections 205J and 205K and insertion of section 205KA
70. New Subdivisions 4A and 4B inserted in Division 2 of Part 12
71. Application of Act to the Crown and public authorities
PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO BUILDING ACT 1993
72. Definitions
73. Section 6 repealed
74. Decision on application for certificate of consent
75. Work not to be carried out until protection requirements met
76. Section 127 substituted and new section 127A inserted
77. Section 189 substituted
78. New section 192A inserted
79. Insurance for domestic building work to be provided by designated insurers
80. Effect of decisions under appeal
81. Sections 174 and 174A repealed
82. Payments out of the Building account
83. Council to administer building provisions in its municipal district
84. Appointment of municipal building surveyor
85. Section 216B substituted
86. Role of municipal building surveyor outside municipal district
87. People involved in a plumbing business need not be licensed or registered
88. Regulations
89. Undertakings
90. New section 239A inserted
91. New section 242A inserted
92. New sections 259BA and 259BB inserted
93. New section 274 inserted
94. New Schedule 10 inserted
95. Miscellaneous amendments
96. References to Tribunal
97. References to the Victorian Building Authority
98. Suspension of licence where failure to comply with insurer's direction
99. Updating of references
100. Repeal of redundant provisions
PART 6--AMENDMENTS TO DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995
101. New section 29 substituted
102. General contents etc. of a contract
103. Breach of dispute resolution order notice
PART 7--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
Division 1--Amendments to Building Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Act 2016
104. New section 40A inserted
105. New Division 3 inserted in Part 6
106. Further limitations on issue of building permit
107. Offence to work as building practitioner without required insurance
108. Section 71 repealed
Division 2--Amendment to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998
109. New clause 4JA inserted in Schedule 1 to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998
Division 3--Amendment to Casino Control Act 1991
110. Administration of Building Act
Division 4--Amendment to Architects Act 1991
111. Grounds for disciplinary action against a registered architect
Division 5--Amendment to Criminal Procedure Act 2009
112. New clause 3AA inserted in Schedule 2—Indictable offences that may be heard and determined summarily
PART 8--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT
113. Repeal of amending Act
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