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HIA welcomes NCC pause Bill passing Parliament
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The Bill passed following amendments made by the Legislative Council and today accepted by the House of Assembly.
HIA Executive Director Tasmania, Benjamin Price, said HIA had strongly supported the original version of the Bill brought in by the Government, which recognised the need to pause the ongoing rollout of newer iterations of the National Construction Code (NCC) in Tasmania.
“The original Bill acknowledged the significant pressure that constant regulatory change places on Tasmania’s residential building industry,” Mr Price said.
“While the amendments have changed the way that pause is delivered, HIA still welcomes the final outcome, which will see NCC 2022 apply, in lieu of the newly proposed NCC 2025, in Tasmania from the date of Royal Assent until May 2027.
“For small builders, constant regulatory change means higher costs, slower builds and fewer homes being delivered.”
Mr Price said the pause would provide industry with valuable time to properly understand and adopt the requirements of NCC 2022.
“Most residential builders in Tasmania are small and family run businesses. They need certainty and adequate lead in time to adjust to major regulatory change.
“That has been the focus of HIA’s advocacy throughout this process.”
Mr Price said the issues raised in Minister Clare O’Neil’s National Press Club address today reinforced the need to reduce regulatory complexity if Australia is serious about building more homes.
“As the Federal Minister rightly acknowledged today, housing affordability depends on our ability to build more homes faster, and that means tackling the red tape and complexity that is slowing builders down,” Mr Price said.
“Too often, builders are spending more time navigating paperwork and regulatory change than they are on site delivering homes. Without reform, constant and poorly sequenced rule changes will drive up costs, slow construction and make housing less affordable.
“HIA has been clear in its national submission on streamlining and modernising the NCC that the Code has become increasingly complex, difficult to navigate and costly to implement, particularly for small and family run building businesses,” he said.
“Getting the NCC right is essential if Tasmania is to build more homes, support small building businesses and improve housing affordability.”
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