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Read more informationBuilding Amendment (Cladding Rectification) Bill 2019 Passed by the Victorian Parliament, Australia
The Building Amendment (Cladding Rectification) Act 2019 was passed on November 12, 2019 and received the Royal Assent. The new enacts the State Government’s consumer focused ‘rescue package’ in relation to the funding of ‘cladding rectification work’ associated with ‘non-compliant or non-conforming external wall cladding products’.
The new amendments shall provide Government with power to bring under scanner the dodgy building practitioners on behalf of property owners whose apartments are covered under the combustible cladding. This is done by adding powers to the respective authority as well as through other provisions:
The new amendments change the substantive provisions which are in Building Act 1993; the new provision is of subrogation under Section 137F and secondly provision of Repayment of Financial Assistance under 137G. The key aspects of these provisions are:
The amendment shall go a long way in protecting the people from mishappenings of building fires such as Lacrosse Building of Melbourne in 2014, the Marina Torch Tower of Dubai in 2015 and the Greenfell Tower of London in 2017. Henceforth this new law in Victoria to address and avoid any future mishap.