Collaborative COAG Energy Council supports a Disclosure schemes should be national collaborative approach to founded on collaboration between residential building ratings and national government, state and disclosure. This will include: territory governments, and industry, communicating with stakeholders to reduce confusion in the market to ensure disclosure schemes are and minimise compliance costs for developed and implemented to industry. best achieve the intended outcome; regular jurisdictional meetings to share (every six months) information on the development, implementation and operation of disclosure schemes; consideration by jurisdictions of the findings of pilots, trials and programs in the development, implementation and operation of their disclosure schemes; and regularly reviewing the Principles to ensure they continue to be relevant for disclosure schemes. State and Rating and disclosure schemes will States and Territories are Territory Led be phased-in by State and Territory responsible for building regulation Governments to suit their specific and have different policy circumstances. environments and industry. and Territory led schemes will allow ratings and disclosure schemes to be phased-in by each state and territory as appropriate, noting the ACT already has a mandatory scheme and NSW and Victoria have schemes under development. Empowers Householders
Collaborative COAG Energy Council supports a national collaborative approach to residential building ratings and disclosure. This will include: communicating with stakeholders to ensure disclosure schemes are developed and implemented to best achieve the intended outcome; regular jurisdictional meetings (every six months) to share information on the development, implementation and operation of disclosure schemes; consideration by jurisdictions of the findings of pilots, trials and programs in the development, implementation and operation of their disclosure schemes; and regularly reviewing the Principles to ensure they continue to be relevant for disclosure schemes. Disclosure schemes should be founded on collaboration between national government, state and territory governments, and industry, to reduce confusion in the market and minimise compliance costs for industry. State and Territory Led Rating and disclosure schemes will be phased-in by State and Territory Governments to suit their specific circumstances. States and Territories are responsible for building regulation and have different policy environments and industry. and Territory led schemes will allow ratings and disclosure schemes to be phased-in by each state and territory as appropriate, noting the ACT already has a mandatory scheme and NSW and Victoria have schemes under development. Empowers Householders
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