Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Regulations 2024

Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Regulations 2024

19 December 2024

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Tasmanian Building and Construction Industry Training Board, make the following regulations under the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Act 1990.

These regulations may be cited as the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Regulations 2024.

These regulations take effect on 24 December 2024.

In these regulations –

Act means the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Act 1990;

appropriate authority, in relation to building or construction work, means – if a building permit is required in respect of the work, the permit authority issuing that building permit; or if the work is carried out for the Crown, the Government department, or agency, responsible for that work; or if the work is carried out for a local authority, that local authority; or in all other cases, the Board;

receipt means a receipt provided under regulation 4(2);

voucher means a voucher issued under regulation 4(1)(a).

If the levy is paid, under section 27 of the Act, to a collection agency, the collection agency is to – issue and keep a voucher in respect of that payment; and provide a copy of that voucher to the project owner and, if the person paying the levy is not the project owner, to that person; and provide a copy of that voucher to the Board before the seventh day of the following month.

If the levy is paid, under section 27 of the Act, to the Board, the Board is to provide a receipt for that payment to the project owner and, if the person paying the levy is not the project owner, to that person.

A project owner, at the time of paying the levy, must provide the Board or collection agency with any written information requested by the Board or collection agency in relation to the building and construction work.

Fine not exceeding 4 penalty units.

Before a project owner commences building or construction work, the project owner must provide evidence to the appropriate authority that the levy in respect of that work has been paid.

Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

A notice under section 31(1) of the Act is to be – in writing; and verified by the statutory declaration of the project owner.

For the purposes of providing proof to the satisfaction of the Board under section 31(2) of the Act, the project owner is to provide the Board with any information requested by the Board in respect of building or construction work that is not carried out.

For the removal of doubt, the refund of the whole, or part, of the levy paid in respect of building or construction work that was not carried out does not affect the future requirement to pay the levy in respect of that building or construction work if it is later carried out.

A project owner of building or construction work must keep the following information in relation to that work for a period of 2 years after the completion of that work:

the copy of the voucher or receipt provided to the project owner under regulation 4;

the date on which the building or construction work was completed;

if there was a difference between the estimated value of the building or construction work and the final value of that work – the amount of that final value; and any additional amount paid in respect of the levy as a result of the variation; and the date of any additional payment referred to in subparagraph (ii);

full details of any claim for a refund made in respect of the levy.

Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.