Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 259A

    (1)     A member or former member of the Authority, the Building Appeals Board, the Building Practitioners Board, the Building Advisory Council, the Building Regulations Advisory Committee, the Plumbing Industry Commission or the Plumbing Advisory Council or a person employed or formerly employed for the purposes of this Act to assist any of these bodies must not make improper use of information acquired by virtue of the person's position to gain directly or indirectly a pecuniary advantage for the person or for any other person.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

S. 259A(2) inserted by No. 34/2013 s. 33(2).

    (2)     In this section—

S. 259A(2) def. of Building Practitioners Board inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 18(15).

"Building Practitioners Board" means the Building Practitioners Board established under Part 11 as in force immediately before the commencement of Division 2 of Part 3 of the Building Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Act 2016 ;

"Plumbing Industry Commission" means the Plumbing Industry Commission established under section 221ZZR as in force immediately before the commencement of the Building and Planning Legislation Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Act 2013 .

S. 259AB inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 55, amended by 31/2020 s. 58, substituted by No. 11/2023 s. 47.