Home Building Amendment (Compensation Reform) Act 2017 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Home Building Act 1989 with respect to insurance and alternative indemnity cover in relation to residential building work and the licensing of insurers and alternative indemnity cover providers; and for other purposes.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Home Building Amendment (Compensation Reform) Act 2017.

2Commencement

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

Schedule 1Amendment of Home Building Act 1989 No 147[1]–[42]

(Repealed)

[43]Section 103E

Omit the section. Insert instead:

103EExemption for work done for public sector agencies(1)

This Part does not apply to or in respect of residential building work done by or on behalf of the Crown or a State owned corporation.

(2)

If the residential building work is being done under a contract, the exemption from this Part will not apply unless the contract under which the work is carried out specifies that the person is relying on the exemption under this section.

(3)

The regulations may specify that the exemption does not apply in the circumstances specified by the regulations and may impose conditions on the exemption.

(4)

Regulations may be made for or with respect to the inclusion of consumer warnings in contracts for the sale of land on which residential building work was carried out by a person who was subject to the exemption.

(5)

In this section:

Crown has the same meaning as in the Crown Proceedings Act 1988.

[44]–[86]

(Repealed)

Schedule 2

(Repealed)