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Topic 3: Responding to a payment claim

If you have received a valid payment claim from your contractor or supplier, you are required to make payment in full by the due date, or if you do not agree with the claimed amount in whole or in part, you are strongly recommended to provide a payment schedule within 15 business days of receiving...
Using the security of payment laws
16 Jun 2022

Topic 2: Making a payment claim

The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (the Act) promotes cash flow in the building and construction industry in WA by providing a number of protections for subcontractors and a mechanism for the recovery of payments. To exercise your rights to get paid and recover...
Using the security of payment laws
16 Jun 2022

Topic 1: Overview of the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021

The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (the Act) commenced in a staged approach from 1 August 2022. The Act introduces industry wide laws to enhance payment protections for contractors (including subcontractors and suppliers), and introduces reform in four areas: New...
Using the security of payment laws
16 Jun 2022

Overview for homeowners and home builders

The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (the Act) applies to certain types of contracts entered into between builders/contractors and homeowners for home building work. This ensures those working in the residential segment have access to the payment protections under...
Information on the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021
16 Jun 2022

Application and registration forms

Find a form to apply for a licence or register plant Asbestos licence Class A asbestos licence Application form - Class A asbestos licence Application form - Application for renewal - Class A asbestos removal licence Application form - Interstate renewal asbestos removal application Application...
Fees, applications, and notification forms
31 Mar 2022

Replacing a lost, stolen, or destroyed licence or accreditation document

An application for a replacement high risk work licence or accreditation document which has been lost, stolen or destroyed can be lodged using our online portal. You will be required to complete a declaration describing the circumstances in which the original document was lost, stolen or destroyed...
Fees, applications, and notification forms
31 Mar 2022

Renew my high risk work licence?

WorkSafe Licensing Services is currently experiencing an unprecedented volume of high risk work licence applications. If you have not been contacted within 42 days of lodging your application, please have the details of the credit card used for payment handy prior to contacting us, so that we can...
High risk work licence
31 Mar 2022

Complaints about bullying, sexual assault or harassment

WorkSafe takes a systems based approach to the prevention of inappropriate workplace behaviours, such as bullying, harassment (including sexual harassment ) and workplace violence/aggression (including sexual assault ). If a breach is identified, WorkSafe may issue the employer an improvement...
Ask a question or make a complaint
22 Mar 2022

Associations Incorporation Act review

Consultation status: CLOSED Submissions closed 4 April 2022. Please subscribe to the Associations newsletter to keep up to date with the latest association information. The Associations Incorporation Act 2015 is being reviewed to check how well it is working. Background The purpose of this review...
Consultations
04 Feb 2022

Building and Energy fee schedules

The fees on the document below are exclusive of GST and apply from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. Builders Building surveyors Electricians Gas fitters Painters Plumbers Owner-builders Adjudicators Complaints Building and Energy licensing and complaint fees A print-friendly PDF version of the complete...
Fees and payment options
18 Jun 2021

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Publications

Update your employment and contact information online - Real estate industry bulletin issue 243

11 June 2021 Update your employment and contact information online The department previously introduced an online gateway that allows licensed real estate agents, as well as registered sales...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
16 Jun 2021

Update your details online and handling pre-estimated liquidated damages - Motor vehicle industry bulletin 7

Changes to pre-estimated liquidated damages From 1 January 2022, the maximum amount of pre-estimated liquidated damages that a dealer may charge is five per cent. 11 June 2021 Update your employment...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
04 Jan 2022

How to correctly end a tenancy - Real estate industry bulletin 242

13 April 2021 How to correctly end a tenancy Western Australia's temporary changes to renting laws due to COVID-19 ended on Sunday 28 March 2021. From Monday 29 March 2021, the usual rental laws...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
13 Apr 2021

End of rental moratorium - Real estate industry bulletin 241

1 April 2021 In this issue: Terminations and evictions after end of emergency rental laws Residential Rent Relief Grant Scheme Terminations and evictions after end of emergency rental laws The COVID-...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
06 Apr 2021

End of COVID-19 licensing fee discount and timeframes for national police checks - Settlement industry bulletin 102

26 March 2021 In this issue: COVID-19 licence and registration fee discounts end on 31 March 2021 Delays in obtaining national police checks End of COVID-19 licensing fee discount The COVID-19...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
29 Mar 2021

Reminder: audit report due, end of COVID-19 licensing fee discount, and timeframes for national police checks - Real estate industry bulletin 240

26 March 2021 In this issue: 2020 trust account audit due 31 March 2021 COVID-19 licence and registration fee discounts end on 31 March 2021 Delays in obtaining national police checks Reminder: 2020...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
29 Mar 2021

End of COVID-19 licensing fee discount and timeframes for national police checks - Land Valuers bulletin issue 31

26 March 2021 In this issue: COVID-19 licence and registration fee discounts end on 31 March 2021 Delays in obtaining national police checks End of COVID-19 licensing fee discount The COVID-19...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
29 Mar 2021

End of COVID-19 licensing fee discount and timeframes for national police checks - Motor vehicle industry bulletin 6

26 March 2021 End of COVID-19 licensing fee discount and timeframes for national police checks In this issue: COVID-19 licence and registration fee discounts end on 31 March 2021 Delays in obtaining...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
29 Mar 2021

Safety alert 03/2021 - Elevating work platform structural failure

READWATCH
In November 2020, two workers were in the process of tree lopping in a truck-mounted elevating work platform (EWP) when the boom-type EWP suffered a major structural failure, with the metal support...
WorkSafe
Alert
03 Mar 2021

Safety bulletin - 01/2021 - Hazards associated with the use of e-cigarette devices

READWATCH
On 11 January 2021, the Department received a report of an incident at a mine site where an electronic cigarette (vape) battery spontaneously ignited in a worker’s pocket while he was travelling in a...
WorkSafe
Bulletin
23 Feb 2021

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Announcements

Motor vehicle repairer certificate cancelled (Bradley Sabo)

A motor vehicle repairer who breached licensing requirements and failed to comply with conditions set by Consumer Protection has had his certificate cancelled by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). Bradley Sabo of Dalwallinu failed to inform Consumer Protection of a criminal conviction, failed to provide a National Police Certificate that is less than three months old contrary to the...
Consumer Protection
Media release
08 Nov 2017

Commissioner's blog: Consumer Protection's 2017/18 priorities

With Acting Commissioner for Consumer Protection David Hillyard We're in a new financial year and Consumer Protection has considered previous complaint trends and emerging issues to help decide priorities for the 12 months ahead. It's not always possible to predict problems that will arise in the marketplace, however in a number of areas there are some obvious pointers we can act on. We call this...
Consumer Protection
Media release
01 Aug 2017

Ban for motor vehicle repairer who failed to disclose convictions (Ean Rozario)

A Padbury motor vehicle repairer who failed to disclose his criminal convictions has been reprimanded and banned from working in the industry in WA by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). Ean Jacob Rozario was deemed to be unfit to be the holder of a motor vehicle repairer’s certificate for failing to comply with a condition of his licence which required him to submit a National Police...
Consumer Protection
Media release
09 Jun 2017

WA economy to benefit from online licensing

Online licensing to save time and money for businesses and tradespeople. Electronic lodgement of notices will reduce overheads for industry.
Building and Energy
Department News
12 Oct 2016

Bushfire reform aims to save lives

The State Government has announced reforms for building in bushfire-prone areas of Western Australia. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has prepared a map which identifies the bushfire-prone areas across the State. A bushfire hazard assessment will be required for new homes in areas identified as bushfire-prone on the map. The assessment will determine the level of construction...
Building and Energy
Department News
07 Dec 2015

Commissioner's Blog: Have your say on laws affecting WA’s motor vehicle industry

With Acting Commissioner for Consumer Protection Gary Newcombe... Consumer Protection is seeking feedback on various options for changes to the laws regulating the buying, selling and repair of motor vehicles in Western Australia. These laws impact consumers who buy motor vehicles (including cars, caravans, camper vans and motor cycles) from dealers, as well as consumers who have any of these...
Consumer Protection
Department News
19 Nov 2015

Concerns expressed over coaches to Melbourne

Consumer Protection and WorkSafe would like to remind the community and travel industry about the importance of having an alert driver on express coach or bus services going from Western Australia to Victoria for the AFL Grand Final. Acting Commissioner for Consumer Protection Gary Newcombe said footy fans from Perth, heading across the Nullarbor, should seek assurances from coach or bus charter...
Consumer Protection
Alert
29 Sep 2015

Commissioner's Blog - Online loan scam = deeper debt

With Acting Consumer Protection Commissioner David Hillyard If you’re applying for a loan online the last thing you need is to lose money in the process but unfortunately that’s what has been happening to a number of people here in the West and over East. In the last few weeks consumers have contacted WA ScamNet at Consumer Protection after being defrauded by scammers posing as Mercury Money – a...
Consumer Protection
Department News
19 Jun 2015

Regulation Impact Statement – Harmonised Work Health and Safety Laws

WorkSafe engaged Marsden Jacob Associates, an independent consulting firm, to undertake a Western Australian specific RIS process on the model WHS Regulations. The outcome of that process was the preparation of a WA RIS. This report and associated supporting documents are available on the WorkSafe website. More information
WorkSafe
Department News
13 Aug 2014

Work Health and Safety legislation

On 12 August 2014, the Minister for Commerce, Hon Michael Mischin MLC announced that a Western Australian version of the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) bill would be introduced shortly into State Parliament. This will be in the form of a green bill, which will be released for a consultation period of three months. More information
WorkSafe
Department News
13 Aug 2014

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