Regulations have changed.
The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (Act) states that a duty of care is owed by a "person who carries out construction work" to an owners corporation to avoid defects in the construction of the building, even for work done up to 10 years ago (as the Act is retrospective).
Recently the Supreme Court ruled that a developer could be held liable for defects under the Act as a person who carried out construction work. It also said that under the Act a person could be liable for defects if they could (but did not necessarily) have control of the building works.
The time of leaving it to the builder is over.
As a developer, you need to know what your builder is doing, and that your building works are done right.
Test your compliance fitness
Efficiency, transparency and reporting are three critical factors to your project success.
With seven simple questions we can help you assess if your compliance is up to scratch.