Victorian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 91

    (1)     If the Minister is satisfied—

        (a)     that the adjoining owner cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be found or that the adjoining owner is incapable of acting in the matter of any agreement or disagreement; and

        (b)     that the owner has made all reasonable inquiries under section 90(3) —

the Minister may, in writing, appoint a suitable person to act as the agent of and in the place of the adjoining owner for the purposes of this Part.

    (2)     The appointment is to be subject to such terms and conditions as to the discharge of the person's duties as agent and as to the payment of fees and otherwise as the Minister thinks fit.

    (3)     The Minister must cause an agent appointed under this section to be notified in writing of—

        (a)     the appointment; and

        (b)     the nature of the agent's duties; and

        (c)     the fees to be paid to the agent by the owner; and

        (d)     any other terms and conditions to which the appointment is subject.

    (4)     An adjoining owner may revoke the appointment of an agent under this section but that revocation does not affect the validity of anything done by the agent under the appointment before the revocation.