Victorian Numbered Acts

BUILDING AND PLANNING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 1 OF 2023)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE BUILDING ACT 1993

           Division 1--Amendments to the Building Act 1993 relating to automatic mutual recognition

   3.      Definitions  
   4.      New section 170AB inserted  
   5.      Section 172 substituted  
   6.      The Register of Building Practitioners  
   7.      Registered building practitioner or endorsed building engineer to produce certificate of registration for inspection  
   8.      Register of Building Employees  
   9.      Definitions applying to Part 12A  
   10.     Application for licensing or registration as a plumber  
   11.     Application for renewal of licence or registration as a plumber  
   12.     Licensed plumber to produce licence for inspection  
   13.     Register of Plumbers  
   14.     Authorised person's identification  

           Division 2--Other amendments to the Building Act 1993

   15.     New section 175AB inserted  
   16.     Period of suspension  
   17.     New sections 187NA and 187NB inserted  
   18.     Restricted licences  
   19.     Suspension of licence if insurance ceases  
   20.     New sections 221ZZZR and 221ZZZS inserted  
   21.     New section 221ZZZTA inserted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS

           Division 1--Amendment of the Architects Act 1991 in relation to automatic mutual recognition

   22.     Definitions  
   23.     New section 9A inserted  

           Division 2--Other amendments to the Architects Act 1991

   24.     New section 11A inserted  
   25.     New section 13A inserted  
   26.     New section 14A inserted  
   27.     Proof of required insurance  
   28.     The Register  
   29.     New sections 16A, 16B and 16C inserted  
   30.     Section 17 substituted  
   31.     Regulations  

           Division 3--Amendment of the Surveying Act 2004 in relation to automatic mutual recognition

   32.     Definitions  
   33.     Identity card  
   34.     Power of entry for cadastral surveys  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987

           Division 1--Green wedge management plans

   35.     Definition—green wedge management plan  
   36.     New Division 2 inserted in Part 3AA  

           Division 2--Amendments in relation to distinctive areas and landscapes

   37.     Endorsement of Statement of Planning Policy  
   38.     New section 46AXA inserted  

           Division 3--Transitional provisions

   39.     New section 228 inserted  

   PART 5--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   40.     Repeal of this Act  
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