Home Building Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Home Building Amendment (Miscellaneous)

Regulation 2019

under the

Home Building Act 1989

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Home Building Act 1989.

MATT KEAN, MP

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation

Explanatory note

The objects of this Regulation are as follows:

(a)	to remove a provision relating to the Bonnyrigg Living Communities housing project that is no longer necessary following changes to the administration of the project,
(b)	to update the requirements for warning signs at premises affected by loose-fill asbestos insulation,
(c)	to update references to Australian and New Zealand Standards relating to specialist work authorised by contractor licences or certificates.

This Regulation is made under the Home Building Act 1989, including sections 119B (2) and 140 (the general regulation making power).

Home Building Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Home Building Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2019

under the

Home Building Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Home Building Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Home Building Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Home Building Regulation 2014

Schedule 1 Amendment of Home Building Regulation 2014

[1]      Clause 64 Exemptions relating to Bonnyrigg Living Communities Project

Omit the clause.

[2]      Clause 68A Verification of presence of loose-fill asbestos insulation

Omit clause 68A (1) (b). Insert instead:

(b) a NATA-accredited laboratory, which is accredited for the relevant test method, has confirmed that a sample of material removed from the premises in the course of the investigation is or contains loose-fill asbestos.

[3]      Clause 68C Warning signs

Omit clause 68C (2) (c).

[4]      Schedule 4 Extended descriptions of work authorised by contractor licences or certificates

Omit “AS 1668.2—2002, The use of ventilation and airconditioning in buildings, Part 2:

Ventilation design for indoor air contaminant control” from paragraph (b) in the matter

relating to Air-conditioning work.

Insert instead “AS 1668.2:2012, The use of ventilation and airconditioning in buildings,

Part 2: Mechanical ventilation in buildings”.

[5]      Schedule 4, Table

Omit “AS/NZS 3666:2002, Air-handling and water systems of buildings—Microbial

control” from paragraph (c) in the matter relating to Air-conditioning work.

Insert instead “AS/NZS 3666:2011, Air handling and water systems of buildings—

Microbial control”.

[6]      Schedule 4, Table

Omit “Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1677:1998, Refrigerating Systems” from paragraph (b) in the matter relating to Refrigeration work.

Insert instead “Australian/New Zealand Standards AS/NZS ISO 817:2016, Refrigerants—

Designation and safety classification and AS/NZS 5149:2016, Refrigerating systems and heat pumps—Safety and environmental requirements”.

[7]      Schedule 4, Table

Insert “Part 0: Glossary of terms” after “drainage” in the matter relating to Water plumbing—Fire protection systems.