Fees
8 Fees
In this regulation —
Centrelink means the Commonwealth agency known as Centrelink;
financially disadvantaged person means a person who produces, or in respect of whom there is produced, evidence that satisfies the Building Commissioner that the person holds —
a Health Care Card issued by Centrelink; or
a Pensioner Concession Card issued by Centrelink; or
a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card issued by Centrelink; or
a Repatriation Health Card issued by the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs; or
a State Concession Card issued under the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 section 6; or
an entitlement to the rate of pension provided for in the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (Commonwealth) section 24.
Subject to regulation 9, a building service complaint or HBWC complaint must be accompanied by —
in the case of a complaint by a financially disadvantaged person — a fee of $61.00; or
otherwise — a fee of $122.00.
If complaints under both section 5(1) and (2) of the Act are made in the same complaint form, the fee specified in subregulation (2) is payable in respect of each complaint.
[Regulation 8 amended: Gazette 14 Aug 2012 p. 3828; 27 Jun 2013 p. 2663-4; 17 Jun 2014 p. 1959; 23 Jun 2015 p. 2164‑5; 3 Jun 2016 p. 1752; 23 Jun 2017 p. 3226; 25 Jun 2018 p. 2330; 18 Jun 2019 p. 2085; SL 2022/59 r. 8; SL 2025/89 r. 8.]
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