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This is an out­stand­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for ACRA mem­bers to hear from ACRA mem­ber and lawyer, Swaab part­ner Helen Kow­al, about leg­isla­tive change and how this is impact­ing our industry.

About
ACRA is grate­ful to be work­ing with Helen Kow­al, in her capac­i­ty as ACRA Advo­ca­cy Com­mit­tee mem­ber, forg­ing change for the reme­di­al build­ing industry.

Helen’s pre­sen­ta­tion will pro­vide insights into the key leg­is­la­tion impact­ing the stra­ta-reme­di­al build­ing indus­try. She will pro­vide a lawyer’s per­spec­tive of the DBP 2020 and the Res­i­den­tial Apart­ment Build­ings Act (2020). Her pre­sen­ta­tion will also talk about leg­isla­tive reform and the pro­posed impacts of the Build­ing Bill 2022, Build­ing Com­pli­ance and Enforce­ment Bill 2022, Stra­ta Schemes Man­age­ment Act 2015.

We must main­tain an aware­ness of the chang­ing leg­isla­tive land­scape in assur­ing the future suc­cess of our reme­di­al busi­ness­es and the indus­try more broadly.

Who should attend?
ACRA rec­om­mends this update for Reg­is­tered Design and Build­ing Practitioners.

Who should attend?
ACRA rec­om­mends this update for Reg­is­tered Design and Build­ing Practitioners.

ACRA Mem­bers will have exclu­sive access to tick­ets until 6 May
ACRA Non-Mem­bers will be able to pur­chase tick­ets from 7 May unless sold out ear­li­er and lim­it­ed tick­ets are available.

In-per­son pre­sen­ta­tion and net­work­ing (light break­fast provided)

Reg­is­ter Now — Click Here

We look for­ward to see­ing you there!

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

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