Earlier this year the NSW Parliament passed the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (“Amendments”) but had at that time not announced when they’ll come into force. The Amendments implement 37 recommendations from the 2021 statutory review and other reforms raised by stakeholders since the review, and includes:
- prohibitions in respect of by-laws which prevent the installation of sustainability infrastructure;
- easing the processes for owners corporations to approve accessibility infrastructure;
- reducing the threshold in respect of proving the need for assistance animals;
- prohibitions of unfair contract terms in contracts for the supply of goods and services or for the sale or grants of interest of land in respect of strata, and certain terms in strata management agreements;
- increased reporting requirements by strata managers; and
- increasing the obligations and duties on committee members.
The NSW Government has now announced some of the Amendments will come into force on 1 July 2025.
The Government also indicated that they intend to roll out the remaining Amendments before the end of 2025.
View the webinar with Matthew Lo from Kerin Benson Lawyers and Nikki Jovicic from Lookupstrata discussing the Amendments:
https://youtu.be/tjKgMuLGiMg?si=HqIJSF6C_hubMouL
More information about the announcements in respect of the Amendments can be found via the links below:
- in respect of strata, at https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/strata/serving-on-a-committee/strata-laws, and
- in respect of community land,at https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/fair-trading/community-land-law-changes-2025.