By Allison Benson -
Snapshot
- Amid a broader, ongoing wave of strata law reform, further changes to strata legislation take effect on 1 April 2026.
- They include new prescribed section 184 certificates and capital works fund plans, and new obligations for original owners to provide independently certified information.
- As the sector continues to adjust to one of the most active periods of legislative change in recent years, even more changes are currently being proposed in the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2026.
Change is happening in the strata and community title space at a relatively rapid rate. For those who don’t specialise in strata and community title, it can be difficult to keep up with the legislative changes. In 2025, legislative changes introduced by the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (NSW) took effect on 3 February 2025. Changes contained in the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (NSW) took effect on 1 July 2025 and 27 October 2025, with further provisions scheduled to commence on 1 April 2026.
In my March 2025 article, much of the detail to the reforms that ultimately commenced in October 2025 was not known. Since then, further detail has been provided by way of regulations and in October 2025, NSW Fair Trading published its ‘Common Property Repairs and Maintenance Compliance and Enforcement Policy’ (‘Policy’) to provide further detail around its new enforcement and regulatory powers. This article will discuss the changes that came into effect in October 2025, the changes that will take place on 1 April 2026 and an outline of proposed changes in the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2026 (NSW).
