{"id":"building-services-levy-act-2011","name":"Building Services Levy Act 2011","slug":"building-services-levy-act-2011","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30138,"registerId":"wa-building-services-levy-act-2011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Building Services Levy Act 2011","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nBuilding Services Levy Act 2011\n\nWestern Australia\n\nBuilding Services Levy Act 2011\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Commencement 2\n\n3. Imposition of building services levy 2\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 3\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nBuilding Services Levy Act 2011\n\nNo. 17 of 2011\n\nAn Act to impose a levy in relation to certain authorisations for building services.\n\n[*Assented to 25 May 2011*]\n\nThe Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis is the *Building Services Levy Act 2011*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act comes into operation as follows —\n\n(a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;\n\n(b) section 3 — on the day on which the *Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011* section 94 comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Imposition of building services levy\n\nIf regulations made under the *Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011* section 94 provide for a levy, a levy payable in accordance with those regulations is imposed.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Building Services Levy Act 2011*. The following table contains information about that Act.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Building Services Levy Act 2011* | 17 of 2011 | 25 May 2011 | s. 1 and 2: 25 May 2011 (see s. 2(a));   s. 3: 29 Aug 2011 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 26 Aug 2011 p. 3475) |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act itself is limited to creating a regulatory power to impose a levy via regulations and contains no provisions expanding or narrowing that power beyond its original text. There is no indication in the supplied text of any subsequent alteration to the Act's scope; substantive scope depends on regulations under the referenced Act (s.3)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short primary legislation with a single operative provision (s.3).","Substantive details (whether a levy applies, amount, timing, collection) are delegated to regulations under another Act (Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 s.94), creating dependency on delegated legislation.","Commencement of the levy power is tied to the commencement of a provision in another Act (s.2(b)), adding a temporal dependency.","Unspecified levy design in the Act creates uncertainty for affected parties about rate, base, exemptions and compliance obligations until regulations are made."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises a levy tied to certain building‑services authorisations: a levy is imposed only if regulations made under the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 s.94 provide for one (s.3). It affects holders of building‑services authorisations, who will be required to pay any levy set by those regulations. The Executive, by making regulations, decides whether a levy applies and sets its terms; the Act itself does not set rates or collection rules."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was returned. The source URL appears to have changed due to a website migration, and the actual content of the Building Services Levy Act 2011 was not retrievable from the provided input."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was provided — only a website error/redirect page","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the actual Act content","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"**No analysable content available.**\n\nThe page that was supposed to contain the *Building Services Levy Act 2011* (a Western Australian law) is no longer accessible. The website has returned an error page rather than the actual legislation text.\n\n**What we do know from the title alone:**\n- This is a Western Australian Act from 2011\n- It relates to a levy (a compulsory fee or charge) on building services\n- Such laws typically impose fees on builders, contractors, or building permit applicants to fund a regulatory body or industry scheme\n\n**What you should do:**\n- Visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) directly and search for the Act by name\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office using the helpdesk link provided on the error page"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose of imposing a levy on building services authorisations. It has not expanded beyond this narrow taxation/imposition function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (short title, commencement, and levy imposition)","No defined terms in the Act itself","Single conditional provision (section 3) with straightforward logic","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision in the related Act","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditions","Total length is approximately half a page of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short Western Australian law that creates a **building services levy** — essentially a fee or tax that certain people in the building industry must pay.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Authorises a levy** to be charged on certain building services authorisations (official permissions or licences to provide building services)\n- The actual details of **who pays, how much, and when** are left to regulations made under a related Act — the *Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011*\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People or businesses applying for authorisations to provide building services in Western Australia\n- Anyone required to pay the levy under the regulations\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This Act provides the **legal power** to collect money that likely funds the building services complaint resolution system and industry administration\n- Without this Act, the government couldn't legally charge the levy, even if regulations said they wanted to\n\n**Key point:** This is a \"framework\" law — it sets up the authority to impose the levy, but the actual rules sit in separate regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/building-services-levy-act-2011","history":"/api/acts/building-services-levy-act-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/building-services-levy-act-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/building-services-levy-act-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/building-services-levy-act-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/building-services-levy-act-2011/documents"}}