BUILDING LEGISLATION —
STATUTORY REVIEWS
1276. Hon JIM CHOWN to the minister representing the Minister
for Commerce:
This question is asked on behalf of Hon
Nick Goiran, who is absent on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the statutory reviews of
our state's building laws.
(1) Have
statutory reviews been conducted in accordance with section 111 of the Building
Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 and section 105 of
the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011?
(2) If yes to (1), will the minister
table both review reports?
(3) If no to (1), have both reviews
commenced?
(4) If yes to
(3), when did they commence and when does the minister expect these reviews to
be completed and the reports tabled?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question
and note that he has asked this on behalf of Hon Nick Goiran, who is on urgent
parliamentary business outside the chamber. It is urgent parliamentary business
outside the chamber.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT: Order! I think
I know what you are going to say, Leader of the Opposition.
Point of Order
Hon PETER COLLIER: Members
can laugh all they like. This is a point of order. The minister cannot possibly
make a derogatory comment like that about someone who is genuinely out of the
chamber on urgent parliamentary business.
Hon Sue Ellery: But he can do
it all the time and you do nothing about it.
Hon PETER COLLIER: He does
not.
The
PRESIDENT: Order! The minister will now get to her feet and provide
the answer to the question.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: As I said
—
Hon Peter Collier
interjected.
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: I do
urge the Leader of the Opposition to read Hansard.
The PRESIDENT: Minister, just
answer the question.
Hon Sue Ellery: I can't
hear what you're saying.
Hon Peter Collier: I said, ''You're
so up yourselves.''
The
PRESIDENT: Order! That is not an appropriate conversation
across the chamber. We are trying to work our way through question time. The
minister has the call and she is about to provide the response that she has
been given.
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: The
following information has been provided by the minister.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT: Order! The
minister has the call, and hopefully there will be no other sideline
interruptions.
Hon ALANNAH
MacTIERNAN: The answer is as follows.
(1)–(4) Since
the release of the ''Building Confidence'' report, the Department
of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has been consulting extensively with
industry on reforms to major parts of building legislation to strengthen
compliance with building standards. Given the proposed reforms are examining
most of the fundamental parts of the Building Services (Complaint Resolution
and Administration) Act 2011 and the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011,
overlaying a statutory review may create unnecessary duplication at the moment.
A statutory review will be commenced as soon as practicable once the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and
Safety's work on implementing the ''Building Confidence''
report has concluded.