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ARTICLE · 10 DECEMBER 2011

Home Building Act 1989 – don't get caught out

Discusses the importance of using licensed tradespeople to ensure compliance with the Home Building Regulations.

AustraliaReal Estate and Construction

Do you carry out the following kinds of works or otherwise contract others to do the following kinds of works on your behalf for your customers?

  1. Plumbing work (other than work declared by the Home Building Regulations 2004 (Regulations) to be roof plumbing work),
  2. Gasfitting work,
  3. Refrigeration work or air conditioning work of the kind described in the Home Regulations,
  4. Electrical wiring work, or
  5. Installation of doors or windows or any kind of joinery or carpentry work where the reasonable market cost of labour and materials involved exceeds $1,000 (inclusive of GST).

Other than work that is easily identifiable as residential building work such as the building, construction or making of alterations to residential homes, many sole traders, small businesses and large companies doing the above kinds of work at residential buildings are not even aware that these are Residential Building Works for the purposes of the Home Building Act 1989 ('the Act').

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