Victorian Numbered Acts

BUILDING AMENDMENT (ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2017 (NO. 21 OF 2017) - SECT 92

    (1)     After section 259B of the Building Act 1993 insert —

        " 259BA     Certificate evidence—decisions of Authority and predecessor bodies

    (1)     A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar of the Authority and purporting to record a decision, resolution or determination of the Authority or a predecessor body is evidence of the making of the decision, resolution or determination recorded in the certificate.

    (2)     In this section, "predecessor body" means any of the following—

        (a)     the Building Practitioners Board established under Part 11 as in force immediately before the commencement of Division 2 of Part 3 of the Building Legislation (Consumer Protection) Act 2016 ;

        (b)     the Building Commission established under Part 12 as in force before 1 July 2013;

        (c)     the Director of Building Control within the meaning of the Building Control Act 1981 ;

        (d)     the Plumbing Industry Commission established under section 221ZZR as in force immediately before 1 July 2013;

        (e)         the Plumbing Industry Board established under Part 12A as in force immediately before 1 January 1999.".

    (2)     Before section 259C of the Building Act 1993 insert —

        " 259BB     Certificate of Authority

A certificate of the Authority specifying—

        (a)     that a person is or is not registered on the Register of Building Practitioners; or

        (b)     the category or class of registration of a person—

is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in the certificate.".