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📜 Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Amendment Bill 2024

Assented toLABill 18519 September 2024

This Bill amends the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 to extend the time limit for complaints relating to faulty Typlex pipes and allows the Building Commissioner to create policies for dealing with specific types of complaints.

Impact

Homeowners with Typlex pipes installed between mid-2017 and mid-2022 are affected, as they now have an extended period to lodge complaints. The Building Commissioner will have more power to create policies to resolve building complaints.

Key Changes

["Extends the complaint period for Typlex pipe issues to 15 years.", "Allows the Building Commissioner to approve policies for dealing with specific types of building complaints.", "Requires the State Administrative Tribunal to consider these policies when reviewing decisions."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LA IntroducedLA19 Sept 2024
  2. LA Second Reading MovedLA19 Sept 2024
  3. LA Consideration in DetailLA15 Oct 2024
  4. LC Second Reading MovedLC15 Oct 2024
  5. LA Second Reading AgreedLA15 Oct 2024
  6. LA Third ReadingLA15 Oct 2024
  7. LC Second Reading AgreedLC22 Oct 2024
  8. LC Third ReadingLC22 Oct 2024
  9. Royal Assent29 Oct 2024
Affected Sectors
constructionhousing
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