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The Building Commissioner is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the operation of the building services Acts and administering the Building Services Board (the Board) that governs the registration of builders in Western Australia.
The building services Acts set out the obligations that registered service providers must adhere to.
You must notify the Board in writing if:
If your registration is amended, suspended or cancelled you must return your registration certificate to the Board no later than 14 days after you are notified.
The Home Building Contracts Act 1991 (the Act) regulates contracts between anyone undertaking home building or associated work for a home owner where the value of the fixed price contract is between $7,500 and $500,000. The following requirements apply:
Limited provisions apply to cost plus contracts.
You must ensure your sign is located in a prominent position on the site, be able to be read by members of the public from outside the site, is of reasonable dimensions and written in clearly legible letters and numerals. It must contain the name, registration number and contact telephone number of the contractor and the name and registration number of the nominated supervisor of the contractor.
Any advertising must contain your registration number.
The compliance audit program ensures that:
An audit by a compliance officer will verify that the building contractor is compliant with the building services Acts.
Written notice of an audit will be issued to the registered building contractor to allow adequate time to prepare documents for the audit.
During the audit, the registered building contractor will have the opportunity to discuss any compliance related matters with the compliance officer.
Compliance officers are bound by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Code of Conduct. Any information obtained during the audit will remain confidential unless the Building Services Board or Building and Energy is required to disclose the information by law.
The audit will include inspections of building work currently under construction and an administrative audit at the building contractor’s office of a number of completed building projects, including statutory obligations. All works to be audited will be selected by the compliance officer. Generally, an audit takes between two and four weeks depending on the size and nature of the building business.
Building and Energy acknowledges compliance efforts and will support registered building contractors and practitioners who are endeavouring to comply with their requirements.
When necessary, actions taken for non-compliance may include prosecutions seeking the imposition of penalties, the use of a public warning to protect consumers from serious non-compliance and the commencement of disciplinary action.
In additional to its audit activities Building and Energy also undertakes general inspections to monitor how building services are being carried out and how building standards are being applied. Information arising from general inspections is reviewed and may be used to inform and amend the schedule of audits.
Further information regarding your obligations is located on our website. A copy of the building services acts are available on the Parliamentary Counsel's Office website.
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