Building Regulations 2018
263AAuthority must be notified of probity matters
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263A Authority must be notified of probity matters
(1) A relevant person must notify the Authority in writing within 14 days after any of the following occurs—
(a) the person is convicted or found guilty of an offence referred to in regulation 263B;
(b) the person is convicted or found guilty (whether in Victoria or outside Victoria) of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty, drug trafficking or violence that is punishable by imprisonment for 6 months or more;
(c) the person is convicted or found guilty of an offence under any law regulating building work or building practitioners;
(d) the person has any registration, licence, approval, certificate or other authorisation as a building practitioner suspended or cancelled for any reason other than a failure by the person to renew the registration, licence, approval, certificate or other authorisation;
(e) the person is convicted or found guilty of an offence against—
(i) section 53, 55, 55A, 56, 58 or 60 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) section 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 50, 151, 157, 158 or 168 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria); or
(iii) section 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 50, 151, 157, 158 or 168 of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth;
(f) the person becomes subject to an order of a court or VCAT under the following enactments that has not been complied with within the period required by the court or VCAT—
(i) the Act or these Regulations; or
(ii) the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 or the regulations under that Act;
(g) the person is disqualified from managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act;
(h) an insurer declines, cancels, or imposes special conditions in relation to, the provision of professional indemnity insurance, public liability insurance or any other indemnity insurance in relation to the person in relation to work as a building practitioner in Victoria or in an equivalent occupation in the building and construction industry in another State or Territory;
(i) the person has outstanding—
(i) any judgment debt for an amount recoverable by an insurer under a policy of insurance for domestic building work referred to in section 137A or 137B of the Act that is not satisfied within the period required for satisfaction of that debt; or
(ii) any judgment debt for an amount owed to the Authority as a debt due under this Act that has not been satisfied within the period required for satisfaction of that debt; or
(iii) any judgment debt for an amount payable in relation to a domestic building dispute that is not satisfied within the period required for satisfaction of that debt; or