❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the number of complaints referred by Building and Energy to the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) and the average resolution time, broken down by financial year since 2017-18. The Attorney General provides a detailed breakdown of referrals and resolution times for both s55 and s11(1)(d) referrals.
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I refer to the practice of the Western Australian Government's Building and Energy division referring select complaints to the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), and I ask: (a) how many complaints have been referred to the SAT, per financial year since 2017-18 financial year to date; and (b) what was the average time for resolution of these complaints by the SAT, per financial year since the 2017018 financial year to date?
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Answered
27 February 2024
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General
Response time
8 days
1) Referrals to the State Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) from the Building and Energy Division of the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety are made under the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 in two forms, section 55 (transfer of complaints) and section 11(1)(d) (referral of a complaint to the Tribunal).
Table of Applications lodged by financial year.
Year
s55
s11(1)(d)
1 July 2017- 30 June 2018
27
155
1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019
18
139
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
23
138
1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
8
153
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
26
260
1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
22
344
1 July 2023 – 30 Nov 2023
11
176
2) Average time (days) for resolution counted as date matter is finalised.
Year
s55
s11(1)(d)
1 July 2017- 30 June 2018
124
94
1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019
95
161
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
92
140
1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
215
190
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
121
163
1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
165
193
1 Dec 2022 – 30 Nov 2023
165
185
Table of Applications lodged by financial year.
Year
s55
s11(1)(d)
1 July 2017- 30 June 2018
27
155
1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019
18
139
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
23
138
1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
8
153
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
26
260
1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
22
344
1 July 2023 – 30 Nov 2023
11
176
2) Average time (days) for resolution counted as date matter is finalised.
Year
s55
s11(1)(d)
1 July 2017- 30 June 2018
124
94
1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019
95
161
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
92
140
1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
215
190
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
121
163
1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
165
193
1 Dec 2022 – 30 Nov 2023
165
185
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