More Changes For Stra­ta — effec­tive 1 April 2026

The Fair Trad­ing and Build­ing Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Bill 2026 was passed by par­lia­ment dur­ing Feb­ru­ary 2026 with the changes effec­tive on 1 April 2026. 

This forms part of a broad­er reg­u­la­to­ry over­haul aimed at strength­en­ing con­sumer pro­tec­tion, tight­en­ing com­pli­ance stan­dards and improv­ing account­abil­i­ty across build­ing and real estate indus­tries. The objec­tive is to reduce reg­u­la­to­ry gaps and align over­sight across the full prop­er­ty life­cy­cle, from design and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion through to sale, con­veyanc­ing and ten­an­cy man­age­ment. For prop­er­ty devel­op­ers, builders, agents and investors, the reforms sig­nal a con­tin­ued empha­sis on com­pli­ance, doc­u­men­ta­tion stan­dards and pro­fes­sion­al account­abil­i­ty.¹