The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board to oversee the development and implementation of a pyrite remediation scheme for certain dwellings affected by significant pyrite damage. The Report of the independent Pyrite Panel (July 2012) provides the framework for the pyrite remediation scheme and the eligibility criteria are reflective of the conclusions and recommendations of that report.
The scheme, which was first published by the Board in February 2014, was developed having regard to the recommendations set out in the report of the independent Pyrite Panel and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act. One of the eligibility criteria under the scheme is that an application to the Board must be accompanied by a Building Condition Assessment with a Damage Condition Rating of 2. There are no proposals to amend this eligibility criterion.
Dwellings with a Damage Condition Rating of 1, or a 1 with progression, do not qualify under the scheme although some may be considered for inclusion at a later stage if the Board is satisfied that exceptional circumstances apply in accordance with the provisions of section 17 of the Act. My Department also understands that, in a number of cases, dwellings which had a Damage Condition Rating of 1 when their Building Condition Assessments were first completed have now progressed to a Damage Condition Rating of 2; these dwellings have now been included in the pyrite remediation scheme.
