81Director may approve residential building consumer guides

81 Director may approve residential building consumer guides

(1)  The Director may, by notice in the Gazette –

(a) approve a residential building consumer guide; and

(b) specify the date on which the guide is to take effect.

(2)  A residential building consumer guide is to –

(a) contain information about the operation of this Act; and

(b) contain any other information relevant to the operation of this Act that the Director considers necessary.

(3)  A residential building consumer guide is in effect on and from the day specified in the notice under subsection (1) as the day on which it takes effect, until the day specified in a notice under subsection (6) as the day on which the rescission of the guide takes effect.

(4)  As soon as practicable after approving under subsection (1) a residential building consumer guide, the Director must cause a notice to be published in 3 newspapers circulating generally in Tasmania specifying –

(a) that the residential building consumer guide has been approved; and

(b) the purpose of the residential building consumer guide, with particular reference to section 39 ; and

(c) how and where copies of the residential building consumer guide may be obtained; and

(d) the date on which the residential building consumer guide is to take effect; and

(e) any other information relating to the residential building consumer guide that the Director considers necessary.

(5)  The Director must, by electronic means and any other means the Director considers necessary, take all reasonable steps to ensure that copies of a residential building consumer guide are publicly available.

(6)  The Director may, by notice in the Gazette –

(a) rescind a residential building consumer guide; and