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This practice note provides guidance on how to interpret and apply building and plumbing regulatory requirements, supporting consistent compliance and best‑practice outcomes.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
The Practitioner Education Series educates industry professionals and provides updates and guidance on key technical issues. Watch key presentations from our current series.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Critical overhauls to the Security of Payment Act 2002, including extended claim timeframes, the removal of excluded amounts, and new unfair time-bar provisions affecting all Victorian construction contracts.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
This practice note provides guidance on how to interpret and apply building and plumbing regulatory requirements, supporting consistent compliance and best‑practice outcomes.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
The BPC's online building practitioner exams in Victoria are transitioning to a single, fully online assessment (by June 2026), replacing interviews and plan-based tests, with remote proctoring, strict rules, and approved materials.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Official Ministerial guideline outlining fees for building surveying services in Victoria, including how fees are set, disclosed and varied under the building act.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Guide to plumber compliance covering licensing, standards, certificates and obligations to ensure safe, lawful plumbing work in Victoria.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
This practice note provides guidance on how to interpret and apply building and plumbing regulatory requirements, supporting consistent compliance and best‑practice outcomes.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Application form for apprentice refrigerated air-conditioning registration outlining requirements, documentation and details needed for compliant submission in Victoria.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Suspected illegal building or plumbing in Victoria? Report unregistered and unlicensed work anonymously using the BPC’s online tip-off tool to stay safe.
Created: 30 Jun 2026