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Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010

No. 67, 2010

Compilation No. 8

Compilation date: 14 October 2024

                Includes amendments: Act No. 38, 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 14 October 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

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Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
2A Object
3 Definitions
4 Offering to sell and inviting offers to purchase a building
5 Offering to let or sublet and inviting offers to lease or sublease a building or an area of a building
5A Application to wholly‑owned subsidiaries
6 Further subleases
7 Relationship with State and Territory law
8 Act binds the Crown
9 External Territories
Part 2—Obligations to disclose energy efficiency information
10 Buildings and areas of buildings affected by energy efficiency disclosure obligations
11 No sale, lease or sublease without a building energy efficiency certificate
12 Rights of a prospective purchaser, lessee or sublessee
13 Building energy efficiency certificates—applications
13A Building energy efficiency certificates—issue
14 Building Energy Efficiency Register
15 Advertisements to include energy efficiency ratings
17 Exemptions on application
17A Automatic exemptions
18 Information gathering
19 Offences relating to information obtained or generated in applying for a certificate
20 Damages for failure to properly carry out assessments
21 Methods and standards