Join Laura Vickers, Stephen Bubb and Jamie McCallum as they guide practitioners through how recent legal changes affect owner-builders, section 32 statements and transitional rules.
A vendor did some of their renovation themselves. Maybe just cosmetic changes to the kitchen and bathroom, maybe a full extension. Either way, their solicitor now has to work out whether the new statutory insurance scheme applies, and if it doesn't, what goes in the section 32 instead.
The new statutory insurance scheme is first-resort, but it only reaches some owner-builder sales: domestic building work over $20,000 done under a certificate of consent. Cover now has to be arranged through a Building and Plumbing Commission-appointed distributor, which could take several weeks to issue. That is not a conversation you want to be having the week before the auction. Get the disclosure wrong and the purchaser can walk away from the contract before settlement and the vendor will have committed an offence.
This session will help you navigate when the scheme applies and when it doesn't, what goes in the section 32, and how the transitional rules apply.
1 CPD - Substantive Law
Presented by Laura Vickers, Stephen Bubb and Jamie McCallum
Date of recording: 15 July 2026
This owner-builder toolkit has been developed to help practitioners identify when insurance is required under the owner-builder regime. It also includes examples of intake questions to help identify owner-builder issues when acting for vendors. It should be read alongside our article, 'Acting for a vendor? Changes to owner-builder insurance from 1 July 2026'.
