PETITION TO HAVE PAINTING REMOVED

PETITION TO HAVE PAINTING REMOVED from the Qld Home Warranty Insurance Scheme!

Petition to amend the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018

Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House the excessive cost to Homeowners being forced to pay the Queensland Home Warranty Insurance Scheme pursuant to the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 to give them a warranty for repairing their homes in the event of faulty workmanship.

The Regulation requires every private homeowner to up to pay 6% of the contract price into the Scheme. As an example, for painting defects where the contract value is $3,300 Inc. GST, the insurance premium would be $206.95 Inc. GST.

Prior to the introduction of this legislation the Queensland Building Construction Commission (QBCC), had, and still has, the power to enforce all licensed contractors to rectify any defective work without the homeowner having to contribute to the Scheme as required by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018. The changes to the Regulation has also increased the legislative red tape for small painting and decorating business owners, causing hardship for them while they are often competing against unlicensed contractors as they do not, and are not able, to force the homeowner to contribute to the Queensland Home Warranty Insurance Scheme.

Your petitioners, therefore request the House to take all the necessary action to remove painting and decorating of residential properties from the Statutory Insurance Scheme (Qld Home Warranty Insurance Scheme) from the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018, which would require the following amendments to the Regulation;

1. Section 26 – add (i) work for painting and decorating of residential properties.

2. Section 27 (a) – remove the example “painting and external wall of a residence or related roof building.

2. Section 27 (a) – remove the example “painting and external wall of a residence or related roof building.