Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 227E

    (1)     The chief officer and the municipal building surveyor may either jointly or separately inspect—

        (a)     any safety or emergency installations, equipment or services in a building or place of public entertainment to determine whether they are performing and being maintained in accordance with the building regulations or any relevant occupancy permit; or

        (b)     any records or reports relating to the operation and maintenance of any safety or emergency installations, equipment or services in a building or place of public entertainment to determine whether they are being kept or displayed in accordance with the building regulations or any relevant occupancy permit.

    (2)     The chief officer must provide the municipal building surveyor with a report of an inspection by the chief officer under subsection (1) within 5 business days of that inspection.

    (3)     The municipal building surveyor must ensure that the owner of a building or place of public entertainment that has been inspected in accordance with subsection (1) is provided, within   10 business days of that inspection, with an inspection report signed by the municipal building surveyor.

Pt 13 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 228– 234) amended by Nos 39/1996 s. 8(1)(2), 34/1997 ss 24–27, 18/1998 s. 9, 75/1998 s. 5(f), 66/2004 ss 17, 18, 31/2007 ss 19, 20, 34/2013 s. 31, 15/2016 s. 18(11), substituted as Pt 13 Div. 2 (Headings and ss 227EA– 234A) by No. 21/2017 s. 46.

Division 2—Information gathering and entry powers

Subdivision 1—General

S. 227EA inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 46.