7 October 2015

ICAC has issued a report dated October 2012 after investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct by staff from a number of local councils and other public authorities.  As a result of their investigations, ICAC has made the following 15 corruption recommendations to all councils in NSW. That councils communicate to suppliers a clear set of […]

The Boarding Houses Act 2012 (Act) commenced on 29 October 2012 which requires information in relation to all boarding houses to be kept in the Register of Boarding Houses.  The proprietor of a “registrable boarding house” is required to notify the Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Finance and Services, or if no position exists,

The Swimming Pools Amendment Act 2012 commenced on assent on 29 October 2012, except that Schedule 1 (which deals with the revised certification and new registration of swimming pools) commences 6 months after the date of assent. Subschedules 2.2 and 2.3, which deal with vendor disclosure and changes to the standard form residential tenancies agreement,

On 11 September 2012 the Strategic Regional Land Use Policy (“SRLUP”) was released. Strategic Regional Land Use Plans for the New England North West and the Upper Hunter have been completed. The policy is the Government’s solution to allowing agriculture to co-exist with mining and Coal Seam Gas (“CSG”) activities. Under the SRLUP, proposed mining