Home Building Legislation Amendment Act 2001 No 51



An Act to amend the Home Building Act 1989 with respect to the regulation of residential building work, specialist work and the supply of kit homes, the licensing of building consultancy work, the resolution of building disputes, the conduct of disciplinary proceedings against holders of authorities, the insurance of residential building work, specialist work and the supply of kit homes and the jurisdiction of the Fair Trading Tribunal; and for other purposes.
1   Name of Act
This Act is the Home Building Legislation Amendment Act 2001.
2   Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3   Amendment of Home Building Act 1989 No 147
The Home Building Act 1989 is amended as set out in Schedules 1–9.
4, 5   (Repealed)
s 4: Rep 2002 No 112, Sch 3.
s 5: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 1: Am 2001 No 34, Sch 4.22 [1] [2]. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 2: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 3: Am 2001 No 34, Sch 4.22 [3]; 2005 No 64, Sch 3. Rep 2009 No 61, Sch 4.5.
sch 4: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 5: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
6   Review of certain amendments
The Minister must review the operation of those amendments made by Schedules 2 that create cooling-off periods. That review must be conducted as soon as possible after the first anniversary of the commencement of the amendments.
Schedules 1–5
Schedule 6 Amendments relating to insurance
(Section 3)
[1], [2]   (Repealed)
[3]   Section 92 (3)
Omit the subsection. Insert instead:
  
(3)  This section applies only if the reasonable market cost of the labour and materials likely to be involved in the residential building work exceeds $5,000 (whether or not that labour or those materials are supplied by the holder of the contractor licence).
[4]–[23]   (Repealed)
sch 6: Am 2002 No 17, sec 5; 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 7: Am 2001 No 112, Sch 2.22 [1]. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 8: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 9: Am 2001 No 112, Sch 2.22 [2]; 2002 No 134, Sch 2.3 [1] [2]. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 10: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
Schedules 7–10 (Repealed)