Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 160

    (1)     In this section provision of the building regulations means—

        (a)     a provision of a regulation made under Part 2 or of a local law made under those regulations; or

        (b)     a provision of a regulation or local law made under Division 3 of Part III of the Building Control Act 1981 ; or

        (c)     a provision of a regulation or by-law made under Division 2 of Part XLIX of the Local Government Act 1958 ; or

        (d)     any other regulation or by-law that, by virtue of a provision of this Act or a corresponding previous enactment, applies or applied at a material time to building work; or

        (e)     a provision of a document applied, adopted or incorporated by reference in an instrument referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d); or

        (f)     a provision of a document referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) as modified by the Building Appeals Board under this Part, the building referees under the Building Control Act 1981 or the referees under the Thirty-Third Schedule of the Local Government Act 1958 or a corresponding previous enactment.

    (2)     An application may be made to the Building Appeals Board for a determination that a provision of the building regulations—

        (a)     does not apply; or

        (b)     applies with the modifications or variations specified in the application—

to a building or land specified in the application.

    (3)     The application may be made by—

        (a)     the owner of a building or land; or

        (b)     the purchaser under a contract of sale of a lot of a kind referred to in section 9AA(1) of the Sale of Land Act 1962 ; or

S. 160(3)(c) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch.  3 item 21.1).

        (c)     a Department Head within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 ; or

S. 160(3)(d) amended by No. 11/2023 s. 22.

        (d)     a public authority other than the Building Monitor; or

        (e)     a municipal building surveyor.

S. 160(4) inserted by No. 5/2011 s. 4.

    (4)     An application must not be made under this section in relation to an access provision of the building regulations within the meaning of section 160B.

S. 160(5) inserted by No. 11/2023 s. 8.

    (5)     A determination made by the Building Appeals Board under subsection (2)(b) in relation to a provision of the building regulations must not be inconsistent with any binding determination that applies to that provision.

S. 160A inserted by No. 34/1997 s. 11.