Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 205G(1) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 66(1).
(1) A building permit levy must be paid in the amount of 0·064 cents in every dollar of the cost of building work for which a building permit is required.
Note
A levy paid under this subsection is paid into the Building account of the Victorian Building Authority Fund and credited to the building permit levy account (see section 205A(2)).
S. 205G(2) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 66(1).
(2) In addition to the levy imposed by subsection (1), a building permit levy must be paid in the amount of 0·064 cents in every dollar of the cost of building work for which a building permit is required.
Note
A levy paid under this subsection is paid into the Building account of the Victorian Building Authority Fund and credited to the domestic building dispute account (see section 205A(4)).
S. 205G(2A) inserted by No. 43/2019 s. 15(1).
(2A) In addition to the levies imposed by subsections (1) and (2), a building permit levy in the amount calculated under subsection (2B) or (2C) must be paid in relation to the cost of building work for which a building permit is required in respect of a building—
(a) that is not, or will not be, in regional Victoria; and
(b) that is, or will be, of any of the following classes of building—
(i) a class 2 building;
(ii) a class 3 building;
(iii) a class 4 building;
(iv) a class 5 building;
(v) a class 6 building;
(vi) a class 7 building;
(vii) a class 8 building.
Note
A levy paid under subsection (2A) is paid into the Cladding Safety Victoria account of the Victorian Building Authority Fund (see section 205DA(a)).
S. 205G(2B) inserted by No. 43/2019 s. 15(1).
(2B) If the building permit is a permit other than a staged permit, the levy imposed by subsection (2A) is calculated as follows—
(a) if the cost of the building work for which the permit is required is $800 000 or more but less than $1 000 000—0·128 cents in every dollar of the cost the building work for which the permit is required;
(b) if the cost of the building work for which the permit is required is $1 000 000 or more but less than $1 500 000—0·256 cents in every dollar of the cost of the building work for which the permit is required;
(c) if the cost of the building work for which the permit is required is $1 500 000 or more—0·82 cents in every dollar of the cost of the building work for which the permit is required.
S. 205G(2C) inserted by No. 43/2019 s. 15(1).
(2C) If the building permit is a staged permit, the levy imposed by subsection (2A) is calculated as follows—
(a) if the cost of the whole of the building work is $800 000 or more but less than $1 000 000—0·128 cents in every dollar of the cost the building work for which the permit is required;
(b) if the cost of the whole of the building work is $1 000 000 or more but less than $1 500 000—0·256 cents in every dollar of the cost of the building work for which the permit is required;
(c) if the cost of the whole of the building work is $1 500 000 or more—0·82 cents in every dollar of the cost of the building work for which the permit is required.
S. 205G(2D) inserted by No. 31/2020 s. 57A.
(2D) In the case of a building permit for which the building work relates to more than one class of building, and those classes of building include one or more class of building referred to in section 205G(2A) and a class 1, 9 or 10 building, the levy paid under subsection (2A) and calculated under subsection (2B) or (2C) must not include an amount that relates to the class 1, 9 or 10 building.
S. 205G(3) substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 66(2), amended by No. 43/2019 s. 15(2).
(3) A building permit levy is not payable under subsection (1) or (2) if the cost of the building work (including the cost of labour and materials) is $10 000 or less.
New s. 205G(4) inserted by No. 43/2019 s. 15(3).
(4) In this section a reference to a particular class of building is a reference to that class of building within the meaning of the Building Code of Australia.
S. 205G(4)(5) repealed by No. 21/2017 s. 66(2).
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S. 205GA inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 67.