Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A builder who enters into a domestic building contract must not demand, recover or retain from the building owner an amount of money under the contract in excess of the contract price unless authorised to do so by this Act.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any amount that is demanded, recovered or retained in respect of the contract as a result of a cause of action the builder may have that does not involve a claim made under the contract.
Division 3—Provisions concerning building sites