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Building And Construction In Victoria Australia Report

   

Added on  2020-03-23

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Building And Construction In Victoria Australia 1BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION IN VICTORIA AUSTRALIAStudent’s NameCourseProfessor’s NameUniversityCityDate

Building And Construction In Victoria Australia 2Building and Construction in Victoria AustraliaBuilding and construction industry in the 21st century is growing at an alarming rate, and the government and investors are on toes to ensure that they utilize all the opportunities available. The growth of the industry can be attributed to the world population that is increasing gradually, and people are moving from the traditional way of the housing to modern designs. As a result of this developing countries have a challenge in due to low labor and skills to put up the modern housing facilities. This has led to shifting of experts among other personnel in the industry from one country to another. However much this may seem to be simple, there are precautions required before an individual or an organization sets up construction and building business in a foreign country. Before setting up the business, the proprietor requires services of a consultant to ensure that they are aware of the various regulations, policies, and laws that govern a particular state[ CITATION Ber12 \l 1033 ]. Australia is an example of the states that have attractedforeign investors in the construction and building industry. In this piece of work, the first section will focus on Australian legal system, areas, and sources of law and the professional codes of practice in the construction industry and in the second section it will focus on system of codes, regulations, standards, and legislation that apply to the industry in Victoria generally, and specifically to the Chadstone residential project.Australian law comprises of both uncodified and codified forms in the various levels of operation. The forms of law include the constitution, the legislature which is enacted by the Australian federal parliament, regulations by government bodies and common law which is usually as a result of a decision by the judges. The constitution serves as the supreme source of law in Australia that divides powers between federal government, states, and territories. Each of these divisions has their jurisdiction and system of courts as well as parliaments. The Australian

Building And Construction In Victoria Australia 3framework of the constitution is unique in such a way that it combines elements of US and Westminster government system. The federal legislature has the authority and power to pass laws related to different areas of governance[ CITATION Cla02 \l 1033 ]. The laws adopted by the legislature overrides other related state and territory laws that exist. However, Legislature have power have enact laws overexpress areas as opposed to state legislature who can enact a law on any subject. At both federal and national levels, Australian substantive law is related as it derivedEnglish common law system. The Australian high court is supreme and listens to appeals from state and federal courts on matters related to them. The common laws serve both the state and theterritories.Australia has sources of law which can be categorized into federal and state. The main source of law is the federal constitution. The constitution states the powers vested in Australian federal parliament. Another source of law that affects the building and construction business is common law. This is the law that covers ordinary citizens through courts and courts of appeal. The law ensures there is uniformity and all decisions about the common law are made in a court[ CITATION Hut10 \l 1033 ]. International Law is another source of law used in Australia. International law is applied when the country gets into a bilateral or multilateral treaty. In the Australian building and construction industry, there have been some standards that have been developed with the aim of promoting efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness. In this context, a standard is a documentation that provides guidelines, rules and details of activities technical specification undertaken in building and construction[ CITATION Lin05 \l 1033 ]. A number of the standards are referenced in regulations which include Building Code of Australia which implies that it is mandatory to carry out activities in a particular which is specified. Some of the standards include but not limited to design standards which are related to consideration of

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