Victorian Numbered Acts

BUILDING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CONSUMER PROTECTION) ACT 2016 (NO. 15 OF 2016) - SECT 51

After section 118 of the Building Act 1993 insert —

        " 118A         Building notices and building orders to be last resort

A municipal building surveyor or private building surveyor must not cause a building notice to be served on an owner or make a building order in relation to the carrying out of building work unless—

        (a)     a direction to fix the building work was given under Division 2 of Part 4 and it is clear that the direction will not be complied with; or

        (b)     the municipal building surveyor or private building surveyor is satisfied that it is either not possible or not appropriate to give a direction to fix the building work under that Division.".