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Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act, 1998 (Act No. 95 of 1998)

Chapter I : National Home Builders Registration Council

3. Objects of Council

 

 

The objects of the Council shall be-

a) to represent the interests of housing consumers by providing warranty protection against defects in new homes;
b) to regulate the home building industry;
c) to provide protection to housing consumers in respect of the failure of home builders to comply with their obligations in terms of this Act;
d) to establish and to promote ethical and technical standards in the home building industry;
e) to improve structural quality in the interests of housing consumers and the home building industry;
f) to promote housing consumer rights and to provide housing consumer information;
g) to communicate with and to assist home builders to register in terms of this Act;
h) to assist home builders, through training and inspection, to achieve and to maintain satisfactory technical standards of home building;
i) to regulate insurers contemplated in section 23(9)(a); and
j) in particular, to achieve the stated objects of this section in the subsidy housing sector.