Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation Apartment purchasers can have greater confidence to buy in NSW with new laws coming into effect today. Minister for Better Regulation Kevin Anderson said the NSW Government’s landmark Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (DBP Act) revolutionises the way professional engineers, designers and builders work on multi-unit, multi-storey residential buildings (class 2 buildings). It also directly responds to the Shergold Weir Building Confidence Report which found that non-compliant design and poor design documentation were the single greatest driver of defects in class 2 buildings. “In the past consumers have been wary about buying new or off-the-plan apartments because of the risk of poor building work and design standards – but that ends today,” Mr Anderson said.