From 1 September, the Building Practitioners Board will no longer be in operation with all functions transferring over to the Victorian Building Authority (VBA).

This includes:

  • registration of building practitioners;
  • supervision and monitoring of building practitioners’ conduct and ability to practice (including disciplinary proceedings & action);
  • issuing certificates of consent to owner builders.
Disciplinary action and review of decisions

Decisions to take disciplinary action will be made by the VBA under updated provisions, including: 

  • a new show cause process where disciplinary action is proposed to be taken 
  • a new right to internal review of a VBA decision (for example, to refuse an application for registration or to take disciplinary action), by an independent internal review unit within the VBA.
Owner-builders

Anyone applying for a certificate of consent to carry out domestic building work as an owner-builder will apply to the VBA, under the updated requirements for issuing certificates of consent.