by Heath McNab | Apr 26, 2021 | Legislation updates
From 1 July 2021, NSW Fair Trading is introducing changes to the residential building industry to restore consumer confidence and make sure that all apartment buildings meet Building Code of Australia (BCA) standards. It follows the forced evacuation of ‘unsafe’...
by Heath McNab | Nov 9, 2020 | Legislation updates
The New South Wales Parliament passed two important bills earlier this year that will potentially increase the risk to landowners, not just developers, being mandated to carry out building rectifications. Under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2019 and the...
by Heath McNab | Oct 17, 2018 | Legislation updates
The NSW Government has proposed replacing the Building Professionals Act 2005 with the Building and Development Certifiers Bill 2018, to strengthen and simplify the building certification system in NSW. The proposed changes will include an amendment to the...
by Heath McNab | Nov 15, 2017 | Legislation updates
The new fire safety regulations that came into effect on 1 October 2017 require all fire safety assessments to be carried out by a competent fire safety practitioner. As part of the reforms, the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation will establish a...
by Heath McNab | Nov 5, 2015 | Legislation updates
As of 2 October 2015, a number of changes to clauses in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 will commence, impacting developers that require an alternate solution of a Category 2 fire safety provision and need to be referred to Fire and Rescue...
by Heath McNab | Sep 16, 2015 | Legislation updates
Developers in NSW may soon be expected to place two percent of the contract price into a building bond, to cover the cost of any defects in new unit blocks more than three storeys high. A deposit for the building bond will be required before MBC Group can issue an...
