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Recent case confirms that Certifiers (and others) caught by QBCC recovery of Statutory Insurance Scheme payment provisions for defective building work
In Queensland, most residential building work valued over $3,300 must have home warranty insurance under the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme. Under the scheme, the builder is required to pay a premium to the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (“QBCC”) before work begins. A person may be able to make a claim to the QBCC under…
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Have you been issued with a direction to rectify by the QBCC?
Defences in QBCC recovery proceedings for payments made under the statutory insurance scheme The statutory insurance scheme Part 5 of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 19911(the Act) establishes a statutory insurance scheme (also known as the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme) that provides cover for certain residential construction work valued at more than $3,300.00.…
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