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VBA Actions for the week ending 22 October 2020

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A summary of VBA prosecutions, show cause notices, notices of decision, permit levy audits, proactive inspections and plumbing activities for the week.

Investigations (Building)

  • Warning letters issued: 1

Investigations (Plumbing)

  • Warning letters issued: 1

Complaints and Statutory Referrals

  • A building surveyor was issued a warning letter for issuing a building permit that allowed building work to encroach.
  • A builder was issued a warning letter for failing to pass on a plumbing compliance certificate to the property owner within five days of receiving it.
  • A building practitioner was issued a warning letter for failing to comply with a Building Order.
  • A builder was issued a warning letter for failing to call for a mandatory inspection.

Practitioner Discipline

  • Show Cause Notices issued: 1
  • Undertakings: 1

Prosecutions

  • A builder and the company he was subcontracted to both pleaded guilty in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court to carrying out building work without a building permit. Both parties were ordered to enter an undertaking with conditions of good behaviour, payments to the court fund, payment of VBA costs and requirements to comply (within 90 days) with an associated and outstanding Building Order for Minor Work.

Proactive Inspections

  • 200 inspections across 26 municipalities
  • Building Orders for Minor Work issued: 3

Plumbing Audits

  • Audits: 147
  • Re-audits: 2
  • Inspections: 11

Statewide Cladding Audit

  • Inspections completed: 2