A new era begins for the NSW building regulator with the state’s first Building Commission
Building Commission NSW is a new, fit-for-purpose building regulator bringing together teams from NSW Fair Trading and the Office of the Building Commissioner into one, to provide an integrated and consistent approach to ensuring confidence in residential building quality in NSW.
Building and construction related work areas of NSW Fair Trading are being transitioned to the newly established Building Commission NSW. These areas include:
Inspections and compliance
Licensing
Complaints
Policy
What the Building Commission will do
Building Commission NSW oversees and regulates the NSW construction industry. Under the leadership of David Chandler OAM, the NSW Building Commissioner, the key areas of focus are:
Building industry capability: Through data, intelligence and analytics, inspections, licensing and accreditation and enforcement activities.
Proactive regulation and industry collaboration: Leading the charge in proactive policy and regulation, research, education and professional development, industry led-initiatives and engagement.
How does it affect industry?
As a builder or a tradesperson in NSW, your work will now be regulated by Building Commission NSW.
This means we will take on the existing responsibilities of the Home Building Act 1989 No 147, including:
warnings
inspections and compliance
licensing
complaints
policy.
The Act governs people holding these home building licences or certificates:
contractor licences
trade or specialist contractor licences
qualified supervisor certificates
tradesperson certificates
Other relevant laws for individual trades still apply.