1Purposes

1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are— (a) to regulate building work and building standards; and (b) to provide for the accreditation of building products, construction methods, building components and building systems; and (c) to provide an efficient and effective system for issuing building and occupancy permits and administering and enforcing related building and safety matters and resolving building disputes; and S. 1(d) amended by No. 40/2021 s. 3. (d) to regulate building practitioners, building employees and plumbers; and S. 1(da) inserted by No. 4/2024 s. 6. (da) to regulate builders, and enforce offences under the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995**, in relation to demanding or receiving money under a major domestic building contract if the builder has not ensured that the domestic building work to be carried out under the contract is covered by domestic building insurance within the meaning of that Act; and (e) to regulate plumbing work and plumbing standards; and (f) to provide for the accreditation, certification and authorisation of plumbing work, products and materials; and (g) to regulate cooling tower systems; and (h) to limit the periods within which building actions and plumbing actions may be brought.