Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 185B

S. 185B(1) amended by No. 15/2016 s. 65(1).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (1A), the reviewer must conduct the internal review on—

        (a)     the material before the Authority that led to the reviewable decision; and

        (b)     the reasons for the reviewable decision; and

        (c)     any other material that was not available at the time of the reviewable decision that the reviewer is satisfied is relevant.

S. 185B(1A) inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 65(2).

    (1A)     In the case of an application referred to in section 185(3A), the reviewer may have regard to whether the affected person has done all or any of the following—

        (a)     rectified or completed, or arranged for the rectification or completion of, the work specified in the dispute resolution order;

        (b)     paid compensation to the building owner, or entered into an agreement to pay compensation to the building owner or satisfied any other arrangement agreed with the building owner;

        (c)     reimbursed an insurer, or entered into an agreement to reimburse an insurer, for the costs (including administrative and legal costs) of the rectification or completion work paid for by the insurer or satisfied any other arrangement agreed with the insurer.

    (2)     For the review, the reviewer must give the affected person a reasonable opportunity to make written or oral representations to the reviewer.

S. 185C inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 25.