Have Your Say on the NSW Proposed Building Reforms!

The NSW Government is working to increase confidence in the NSW building industry by creating a new foundation for construction, by looking at improvement of laws and consumers/workers protection.

The Government is committed to:

  • Improving safety, accountability and transparency
  • Ensuring high-quality design, construction and maintenance
  • Modernising and simplifying building legislation

How to Have Your Say!

To have your say on the proposed building laws reform in NSW you can:

  • Complete the all-in-one survey which allows you to skip through all topics to those that are of interest to you or;
  • If you are only interested in a single topic, you may complete one or more of the 7 individual survey topics
  • You may also make a submission which allows you to give detailed feedback or respond directly to the questions in the regulatory impact statements

Deadline for Your Feedback

To provide feedback please Friday 25 November 2022.

For more information, please refer to the NSW Government here.

Contact Us

For all strata law advice including by-laws, building defects and levy collections contact our specialist NSW and Sydney strata lawyers here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.




An Overview of Recent Key Changes to Strata Law

There have been a number of important key changes made to strata laws over the last 6 months.

This includes changes to legislation and recent court and NCAT decisions.

In this article we provide an overview of those key changes to help you get across them and make recommendations as to what you should do get the most out of them and to ensure you comply with them.

The article covers the following strata law key changes:

  • Building Defects – duty of care
  • Removing abandoned goods and illegally parked cars – the new rules
  • Developer and common property rights by-laws
  • No pets by-laws
  • NCAT – can now award damages
  • COVID-19 – strata regulations extended
  • Short term rental accommodation – mandatory code of conduct

The full article and recommendations are available here An Overview of Recent Key Changes to Strata Law

For all NSW strata legal including by-laws, building defect and levy collection advice contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.