VBA Actions for the week ending 15 November 2019
Investigations – Building
- Warning letters issued: 1
- Educational letters issued: 3
- Prosecution notices: 2
Prosecutions
- One matter was adjourned from the Wodonga Magistrates’ Court until late January 2020.
- A second matter was adjourned from the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court until mid-December so the accused could engage legal representation.
Levy Audit
- Audit site visits: 1
Administrative Appeals Tribunal matters
17 matters relating to character grounds were finalised by consent following the High Court’s decision in Victorian Building Authority v Andriotis:
- Albatat, Ashraf v VBA – AAT 2017/0817
- Aodish, Amar v VBA – AAT 2017/4988
- Aodish, Samir v VBA – AAT 2017/4990
- Aodish, Ammar v VBA – AAT 2017/4986
- Bach, Huu v VBA – AAT 2017/2579
- El Moustafa, Mayer v VBA – AAT 2017/6157
- Giovine, Giuseppe v VBA – AAT 2017/0126
- Hermiz, Wasfi v VBA – AAT 2017/0833
- Hosseini, Saeed v VBA – AAT 2017/0144
- Kutleshi, Besnik v VBA – AAT 2017/3427
- Mehmet, Senar v VBA – AAT 2017/2604
- Nguyen, Tuan v VBA – AAT 2017/5350
- Palmisano, Robert v VBA – AAT 2017/0806
- Papadimitriou, Dennis v VBA – AAT 2016/5015
- Singh, Kawalpreet v VBA – AAT 2017/0795
- Yu Cheng Zhang v VBA – AAT 2017/1419
- Zheng, Yuan v VBA – AAT 2017/3570
Other matters finalised:
- Armanca, Adrian v VBA – AAT 2019/4087
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal matters
- Laybourne, Glen v VBA – VCAT Z102/2017. This matter was struck out on 11 November 2019.
Proactive Inspections
- 191 inspections across 26 municipalities.
- One Building Order – Minor Work issued.
Plumbing Audits
- Audits: 188
- Re-audits: 30
- Inspections: 13
- Re-inspections: 4