The NSW Government will extend staged lodgement of declared designs under the Design and Building Practitioner scheme until 30 June 2023.

The amendment to the current transitional period (currently due to end 30 June 2022) is intended to provide more time to evaluate the impact of the Design and Building Practitioner scheme on industry's performance and, in relation to staging specifically, to determine whether restrictions are needed to ensure the delivery of complaint building projects.

The effect of this amendment is that all projects which commence before 30 June 2023 will be able to lodge declared designs for building elements and performance solutions that are captured under each construction certificate or complying development certificate for the life of that project.

The extension of the transition period does not change the obligation for all building elements and performance solutions to have upfront design prepared by registered design practitioners and for those designs to integrate with designs by other registered practitioners.

If you have any questions on this issue or the scheme more broadly, please reach out to DBPqueries@customerservice.nsw.gov.au