NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try Reform

The NSW Build­ing Com­mis­sion­er, David Chan­dler OAM, is at the ready with ​‘boots on the ground’, to ​‘rid the indus­try of dan­ger­ous builders, devel­op­ers and cer­ti­fiers’ and improve con­sumer con­fi­dence in the buy­ing of res­i­den­tial apart­ments in NSW with the com­mence­ment on 1 Sep­tem­ber 2020 of the Res­i­den­tial Apart­ment Build­ings (Com­pli­ance and Enforce­ment Pow­ers) Act 2020 (RAB Act).

If you are a devel­op­er of a ​‘res­i­den­tial apart­ment build­ing’ you need to be aware of your oblig­a­tions under the RAB Act. Mr Chan­dler has made it clear in recent inter­views the he is going to ​‘fix the prob­lem’.

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