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The BPC has successfully prosecuted Joshua Mionnet over an illegal and dangerous renovation that left a single mum financially and emotionally devastated.
Read the VBA Compliance and Enforcement Report July to December 2022, covering complaints, investigations, disciplinary actions and prosecutions across Victoria’s building and plumbing industries.
Policy on gifts, benefits and hospitality covering rules, reporting requirements and ethical standards in Victoria’s building regulator.
Guide to show cause process for builders covering notices, responses and outcomes for managing compliance issues in Victoria’s building industry.
Learn how to report poor compliance, unsafe building or plumbing work, and practitioner misconduct to the Building and Plumbing Commission (BPC).
The BPC uses a tiered set of regulatory tools to improve practitioner behaviour, correct non‑compliance and protect the public. Education is the starting point, with actions escalating to cautions, remedial measures, disciplinary outcomes,
Understand enforceable undertakings with the BPC. Learn how building and plumbing practitioners can remedy defective works and resolve show cause notices.
Victorian Building Authority's 2024 to 2025 annual report, covering its harms-based regulation, increased enforcement and inspections, establishment of the Building and Plumbing Commission, and ongoing reforms to improve consumer protection and
Understand the Building and Plumbing Commission’s (BPC) discipline policy. Learn about practitioner accountability, enforcement principles, disciplinary actions, and review pathways.
Learn about binding dispute resolution orders from the BPC. Discover what orders can be made against builders or owners, the consequences of non-compliance, and how to challenge an order or breach notice via VCAT.