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BUILDING REGULATION REFORMS TO SAVE $1.1 BILLION A YEAR
Australia’s building and plumbing Ministers have agreed to significant building regulation reforms, claiming the changes have the potential to unlock an additional $1.1 billion a year in economic benefits.
The Chair of the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), Mr John Thwaites, said:
“The reforms adopted by the Australian Building Ministers’ Forum meeting in Sydney on 30 May 2014, represent an important advance in the Council of Australian Governments’ deregulation agenda,” .
The forum agreed in principle to make the 2015 NCC and future editions available online to eliminate the purchase price (almost $400) and improve access to the information.
The forum also agreed to move from a one-year to a three-year amendment cycle for the code.
The Board says it will now devote resources to simplifying the NCC and making it easier to use.
It also agreed to measures that are expected to lead to greater consistency in building regulations across the states and territories, by limiting variations to the NCC.
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