{"id":"nsw:act-2012-059","name":"Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012","slug":"community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"59 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30791,"registerId":"nsw-act-2012-059-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary\n\nPart 1 Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Act","content":"#### 1 Name of Act\n\n1 Name of Act\n\n> This Act is the [Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-059).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n2 Commencement\n\n> > (1) This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.\n> \n> > (2) Different days may be appointed under subsection (1) for the commencement of different provisions of the Community Housing Providers National Law.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Objects of Act","content":"#### 3 Objects of Act\n\n3 Objects of Act\n\n> > (1) The objects of this Act are as follows:\n> > \n> > > (a) to apply as a law of this State a national law for the registration and regulation of community housing providers under a national system of registration,\n> > \n> > > (b) to facilitate government investment in the community housing sector and ensure the protection of that investment,\n> > \n> > > (c) to ensure that registered community housing is developed as a viable and diversified component of the New South Wales social housing sector,\n> > \n> > > (d) to support the provision of registered community housing for people on a very low, low or moderate income.\n> \n> > (2) In the administration of this Act, regard is to be had to the objects of this Act to the maximum extent possible taking into consideration the needs of the State and available resources, and subject to any directions of the Minister.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n4 Definitions\n\n> > (1) For the purposes of this Act, the local application provisions of this Act are the provisions of this Act other than the Community Housing Providers National Law.\n> \n> > (2) In the local application provisions of this Act:\n> > \n> > community housing provider means an entity that provides community housing.\n> > \n> > Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW) means the provisions applying in relation to this jurisdiction because of section 5.\n> > \n> > Housing Agency means any of the following:\n> > \n> > > (a) the Housing Corporation,\n> > \n> > > (b) the Housing Secretary,\n> > \n> > > (c) a Division Head of a Division of the Government Service, or a NSW Government agency, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of the provision of this Act in which the expression occurs.\n> > \n> > Housing Corporation means the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation constituted by the [Housing Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2001-052).\n> > \n> > Housing Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services.\n> > \n> > Note.\n> > \n> > The [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.\n> \n> > (3) Terms used in the local application provisions of this Act and also in the Community Housing Providers National Law have the same meanings in those provisions as they have in that Law unless a contrary intention appears.\n> \n> > (4) The Appendix forms part of this Act but notes included in this Act (other than in the Appendix) do not form part of this Act.\n> \n> **s 4:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[1\\]–\\[3\\].","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Application of Community Housing Providers National Law","content":"# Part 2 Application of Community Housing Providers National Law\n\nPart 2 Application of Community Housing Providers National Law","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Adoption of Community Housing Providers National Law","content":"#### 5 Adoption of Community Housing Providers National Law\n\n5 Adoption of Community Housing Providers National Law\n\n> The Community Housing Providers National Law, as in force from time to time, set out in the Appendix to this Act:\n> \n> > (a) applies as a law of this jurisdiction, and\n> \n> > (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW), and\n> \n> > (c) so applies as if it were an Act.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of certain terms in Community Housing Providers National Law for purposes of this jurisdiction","content":"#### 6 Meaning of certain terms in Community Housing Providers National Law for purposes of this jurisdiction\n\n6 Meaning of certain terms in Community Housing Providers National Law for purposes of this jurisdiction\n\n> In the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW):\n> \n> Appeal Tribunal means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.\n> \n> this jurisdiction means the State of New South Wales.\n> \n> **s 6:** Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.36.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Community housing legislation","content":"#### 7 Community housing legislation\n\n7 Community housing legislation\n\n> For the purposes of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW), the provisions of Parts 3 and 4 of this Act and Schedule 1 to this Act are declared to be community housing legislation of this jurisdiction.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Housing Agencies","content":"#### 8 Housing Agencies\n\n8 Housing Agencies\n\n> For the purposes of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW):\n> \n> > (a) the Housing Secretary and the Housing Corporation are declared to be Housing Agencies in relation to the definition of community housing asset in section 4 of that Law, and\n> \n> > (b) the Housing Secretary is declared to be a Housing Agency in relation to sections 10 (1) (h) and 20 (4) of that Law, and\n> \n> > (c) the Housing Corporation is declared to be a Housing Agency in relation to section 15 (2) (c) of that Law.\n> \n> **s 8:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[3\\].","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Relevant Minister","content":"#### 9 Relevant Minister\n\n9 Relevant Minister\n\n> For the purposes of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW), the Minister for Family and Community Services is declared to be the relevant Minister.","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Registrar","content":"#### 10 Registrar\n\n10 Registrar\n\n> > (1) For the purposes of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW), the Registrar is declared to be the individual appointed as Registrar under this section.\n> \n> > (2) The Minister may appoint an individual as Registrar for the purposes of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW).\n> \n> > (3) Schedule 1A contains provisions relating to the Registrar.\n> \n> **s 10:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[4\\].","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Delegation of Registrar’s functions","content":"#### 11 Delegation of Registrar’s functions\n\n11 Delegation of Registrar’s functions\n\n> > (1) For the purposes of section 11 of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW), the persons to whom functions may be delegated under that section are:\n> > \n> > > (a) a Public Service employee, or\n> > \n> > > (b) a person, or person of a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations under this Act.\n> \n> > (2) Despite subsection (1), investigative functions may only be delegated to a person referred to in that subsection who is employed in the Department of Family and Community Services and whose duties include the carrying out of investigative functions and who has been issued by the Registrar with an identification card that complies with subsection (3).\n> \n> > (3) An identification card must:\n> > \n> > > (a) state that it is issued under this Act, and\n> > \n> > > (b) give the name of the person to whom it is issued, and\n> > \n> > > (c) contain a recent photograph of the person, and\n> > \n> > > (d) contain a copy of the person’s signature, and\n> > \n> > > (e) describe the nature of the powers conferred, and\n> > \n> > > (f) state the date (if any) on which it expires, and\n> > \n> > > (g) be signed by the Registrar.\n> \n> > (4) In this section, investigative functions means the functions conferred on the Registrar by the conditions of registration referred to in section 15 (2) (e)–(g) of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW).\n> \n> **s 11:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[5\\] \\[6\\].","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fees","content":"#### 12 Fees\n\n12 Fees\n\n> For the purposes of section 13 (4) of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW), the fee is the fee prescribed by the regulations under this Act.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Additional New South Wales provisions relating to community housing","content":"# Part 3 Additional New South Wales provisions relating to community housing\n\nPart 3 Additional New South Wales provisions relating to community housing","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Division 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Interpretation","content":"## Division 1 Interpretation\n\nDivision 1 Interpretation","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 13 Definitions\n\n13 Definitions\n\n> > (1) In this Part:\n> > \n> > assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents.\n> > \n> > community housing agreement means an agreement between a Housing Agency and a registered community housing provider made in accordance with this Act.\n> > \n> > instrument means an instrument (other than this Act) that creates, modifies or extinguishes rights or liabilities (or would do so if lodged, filed or registered in accordance with any law), and includes any judgment, order or process of a court.\n> > \n> > land includes:\n> > \n> > > (a) a legal or equitable estate or interest in the land, or\n> > \n> > > (b) an easement, right, charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with, the land.\n> > \n> > liabilities means any liabilities, debts or obligations (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable).\n> > \n> > new owner, in relation to land vested by an order under this Part, means the community housing provider in which the land is vested by the order.\n> > \n> > officer of a registered community housing provider has the same meaning as the term officer of a corporation has in the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.\n> > \n> > registered community housing provider means a registered community housing provider within the meaning of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW) and includes an entity registered under the local registration scheme established under section 25A.\n> > \n> > rights means any rights, powers, privileges or immunities (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable).\n> > \n> > vesting date, in relation to land vested in a community housing provider by an order under this Part, means the date on which the vesting takes effect.\n> \n> > (2) A reference in this Part to land owned by a Housing Agency includes a reference to land owned by the State and under the control of a Housing Agency.\n> \n> **s 13:** Am 2016 No 53, Sch 2 \\[1\\].","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Division 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Giving assistance to registered community housing providers","content":"## Division 2 Giving assistance to registered community housing providers\n\nDivision 2 Giving assistance to registered community housing providers","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Circumstances in which Housing Agency is considered to have interest in certain land","content":"#### 14 Circumstances in which Housing Agency is considered to have interest in certain land\n\n14 Circumstances in which Housing Agency is considered to have interest in certain land\n\n> For the purposes of this Part, a Housing Agency is taken to have an interest in land of a community housing provider in the following circumstances:\n> \n> > (a) if the land was owned by the Housing Agency immediately before being vested in the community housing provider by an order under this Part,\n> \n> > (b) if the land was transferred to the community housing provider in accordance with an instruction given under this Part,\n> \n> > (c) if the land is acquired by the community housing provider wholly or partly with funding provided by the Housing Agency,\n> \n> > (d) if the Housing Agency constructs housing or makes other improvements on the land,\n> \n> > (e) if a community housing agreement with the community housing provider identifies the land as being land in which the Housing Agency has an interest.","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Housing Agency may give assistance","content":"#### 15 Housing Agency may give assistance\n\n15 Housing Agency may give assistance\n\n> > (1) A Housing Agency may, if it is consistent with the objects of this Act and if it considers it prudent to do so, give assistance to a registered community housing provider under a community housing agreement.\n> \n> > (2) Assistance may include, but is not limited to, either or both of the following:\n> > \n> > > (a) providing funding, land or other property to a community housing provider,\n> > \n> > > (b) entering into a partnership with a community housing provider.\n> \n> > (3) Assistance is not to be given to a community housing provider unless the community housing provider is registered and, as far as reasonably practicable, a Housing Agency is to withdraw assistance from a community housing provider that ceases to be registered.\n> \n> > (4) A Housing Agency is to ensure that the giving of any assistance under this section is consistent with Part 6 of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055) and any relevant guidelines of the Housing Secretary.\n> \n> **s 15:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[3\\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.12.","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Community housing agreements","content":"#### 16 Community housing agreements\n\n16 Community housing agreements\n\n> > (1) A Housing Agency may enter into a community housing agreement with a registered community housing provider:\n> > \n> > > (a) for the purposes of providing assistance under section 15, or\n> > \n> > > (b) with respect to land that has been vested in or transferred to the community housing provider by order under this Part or in accordance with an instruction given under this Part.\n> \n> > (2) A community housing agreement:\n> > \n> > > (a) may be in a standard form approved by the Housing Secretary, and\n> > \n> > > (b) is to contain such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations, and\n> > \n> > > (c) may contain such terms and conditions as the Housing Agency which is entering into the agreement considers appropriate (whether or not the standard form of agreement is used).\n> \n> > (3) Without limiting subsection (1), a community housing agreement may include provisions with respect to:\n> > \n> > > (a) requiring the registered community housing provider concerned to meet specified standards and targets in relation to the community housing services and programs provided by that community housing provider, and\n> > \n> > > (b) ensuring that the funding, housing and other assistance provided to the registered community housing provider is used for the purposes for which it was provided.\n> \n> > (4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to community housing agreements, including (but not limited to) prescribing terms and conditions that are taken to be included in community housing agreements (whether or not existing community housing agreements).\n> \n> **s 16:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[3\\].","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions of community housing agreements relating to land in which Housing Agency has an interest","content":"#### 17 Conditions of community housing agreements relating to land in which Housing Agency has an interest\n\n17 Conditions of community housing agreements relating to land in which Housing Agency has an interest\n\n> A community housing agreement may include conditions relating to any land of the community housing provider concerned in which the Housing Agency that is a party to the agreement has an interest, including conditions that have effect if:\n> \n> > (a) the community housing provider fails to use the land for the purposes contemplated by the agreement, or\n> \n> > (b) the community housing provider proposes to sell or otherwise dispose of the land, or\n> \n> > (c) the registration of the community housing provider is cancelled under the Community Housing Providers National Law (as applied by a participating jurisdiction).","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"No dealings with land in which Housing Agency has an interest without consent of Housing Agency","content":"#### 18 No dealings with land in which Housing Agency has an interest without consent of Housing Agency\n\n18 No dealings with land in which Housing Agency has an interest without consent of Housing Agency\n\n> > (1) A community housing provider must not transfer or otherwise deal with land in which a Housing Agency has an interest unless:\n> > \n> > > (a) the Housing Agency consents to the transfer or other dealing, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the transfer or other dealing is authorised, or is of a class that is authorised, by a community housing agreement with that community housing provider (an exempt transaction), or\n> > \n> > > (c) a community housing agreement with the community housing provider provides that this section does not apply to the land concerned.\n> \n> > (2) A Housing Agency must not unreasonably withhold consent under subsection (1) (a).\n> \n> > (3) The Registrar-General must, on application by a Housing Agency, make a recording in the appropriate Register to signify that the land specified in the application is subject to this section.\n> \n> > (4) The application is to provide details of any exempt transactions.\n> \n> > (5) If a recording under subsection (3) has been made by the Registrar-General on application by a Housing Agency, the Registrar-General is not to register a transfer of that land or any other dealing that is otherwise registrable under the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025) or the [Conveyancing Act 1919](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006) unless:\n> > \n> > > (a) the consent of the Housing Agency to the transfer or other dealing has been endorsed on the transfer or other dealing, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the transfer or other dealing is an exempt transaction (as notified to the Registrar-General by the Housing Agency), or\n> > \n> > > (c) the recording has ceased to have effect (as recorded by the Registrar-General under subsection (6)).\n> \n> > (6) The Registrar-General must, on the application of a Housing Agency that applied for a recording under subsection (3), make in the appropriate Register a recording to signify that the recording made under subsection (3) has ceased to have effect.\n> \n> > (7) An application by a Housing Agency under this section:\n> > \n> > > (a) is to be made in an approved form under the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025) (in the case of land under that Act) or under the [Conveyancing Act 1919](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006) (in the case of other land), and\n> > \n> > > (b) is to be accompanied by such fee, if any, as may be prescribed by the regulations under that Act.\n> \n> > (8) If a Housing Agency makes an application under this section, the Registrar-General is not to inquire into whether the Housing Agency has an interest in the land concerned or into the terms of any community housing agreement.\n> \n> > (9) This section does not affect the operation of any other prohibition or restriction relating to transfers or other dealings with land.\n> \n> > (10) In this section:\n> > \n> > deal with land includes register any plan or other instrument relating to the land under the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025) or the [Conveyancing Act 1919](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006).\n> > \n> > Register means a register kept under the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025) or the [Conveyancing Act 1919](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006).","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Creation of charge in agreement","content":"#### 19 Creation of charge in agreement\n\n19 Creation of charge in agreement\n\n> > (1) A community housing agreement may provide that land of a community housing provider that is a party to a community housing agreement is to be charged with the payment of money that is or may become payable under the agreement.\n> \n> > (2) If the land is land to which the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025) applies, section 56 of that Act applies in respect of any such charge.","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agreements binding on community housing providers","content":"#### 20 Agreements binding on community housing providers\n\n20 Agreements binding on community housing providers\n\n> > (1) A community housing agreement is binding on the community housing provider to which it relates (whether or not it is registered).\n> \n> > (2) A Housing Agency may monitor the activities of a community housing provider to determine whether it is complying with the terms and conditions of a community housing agreement.","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"Division 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Vesting of Housing Agency land in registered community housing providers","content":"## Division 3 Vesting of Housing Agency land in registered community housing providers\n\nDivision 3 Vesting of Housing Agency land in registered community housing providers","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Vesting of Housing Agency land in registered community housing provider","content":"#### 21 Vesting of Housing Agency land in registered community housing provider\n\n21 Vesting of Housing Agency land in registered community housing provider\n\n> > (1) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, vest land owned by a Housing Agency in a registered community housing provider that is a company registered under the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.\n> \n> > (2) Land is authorised to be included in an order under this section even if the land is subject to other interests.\n> \n> > (3) The vesting of the land in the registered community housing provider takes effect:\n> > \n> > > (a) on the day specified in the order, or\n> > \n> > > (b) if no day is specified in the order or the day specified in the order occurs before the order is published in the Gazette, on the day on which the order is published in the Gazette.\n> \n> > (4) Subject to the other provisions of this section, land may be vested by order under this section despite any requirement of any other Act or law that relates to dealing with or disposing of the land.","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of vesting of land","content":"#### 22 Effect of vesting of land\n\n22 Effect of vesting of land\n\n> > (1) On the vesting date relating to land vested by order under this Division that was owned by a Housing Agency immediately before that date, the land vests in the new owner for an estate in fee simple:\n> > \n> > > (a) without the need for any further conveyance, transfer, assignment or assurance, and\n> > \n> > > (b) subject to any trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions and covenants to which the land was subject immediately before the vesting date.\n> \n> > (2) On the vesting date relating to land vested by order under this Division that was owned by a Housing Agency immediately before that date, the following provisions have effect:\n> > \n> > > (a) the rights or liabilities of the Housing Agency in relation to the land become, by virtue of this section, the rights or liabilities of the new owner,\n> > \n> > > (b) all proceedings relating to the land commenced before the vesting date by or against the Housing Agency or a predecessor of the Housing Agency and pending immediately before the vesting date are taken to be proceedings pending by or against the new owner,\n> > \n> > > (c) any act, matter or thing done or omitted to be done in relation to the land before the vesting date by, to or in respect of the Housing Agency is (to the extent to which that act, matter or thing has any force or effect) taken to have been done or omitted by, to or in respect of the new owner,\n> > \n> > > (d) the new owner has all the entitlements and obligations of a Housing Agency in relation to those assets, rights and liabilities that the Housing Agency would have had but for the order, whether or not those entitlements and obligations were actual or potential at the time the order took effect,\n> > \n> > > (e) a reference in any Act, in any instrument made under any Act or in any document of any kind to the Housing Agency or a predecessor of the Housing Agency is (to the extent that it relates to that land or those rights or liabilities but subject to the regulations) to be read as, or as including, a reference to the new owner.\n> \n> > (3) Regulations may be made for or with respect to the conversion of references to a Housing Agency in any document or class of document to references to the new owner as a consequence of any vesting of land under this Division.","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"Division 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Provisions to protect Housing Agency’s interest in land","content":"## Division 4 Provisions to protect Housing Agency’s interest in land\n\nDivision 4 Provisions to protect Housing Agency’s interest in land","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Housing Secretary may require information from registered community housing provider","content":"#### 23 Housing Secretary may require information from registered community housing provider\n\n23 Housing Secretary may require information from registered community housing provider\n\n> > (1) The Housing Secretary may, by notice in writing, require a registered community housing provider or an officer of a registered community housing provider to do one or more of the following things:\n> > \n> > > (a) provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, such information relating to the assets and liabilities of the community housing provider or any financial matter relating to the community housing provider as is specified in the notice,\n> > \n> > > (b) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, such records relating to the assets and liabilities of the community housing provider or any financial matter relating to the community housing provider as are specified in the notice and permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them,\n> > \n> > > (c) authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),\n> > \n> > > (d) furnish to the Housing Secretary such authorisations and consents as the Housing Secretary requires for the purpose of enabling the Housing Secretary to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons relating to the assets and liabilities of the community housing provider or any financial matter relating to the community housing provider.\n> \n> > (2) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under subsection (1) does not on that account incur a liability to another person.\n> \n> > (3) A person who is the subject of a notice under subsection (1) must comply with a requirement of the Housing Secretary contained in the notice.\n> > \n> > Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n> \n> > (4) A reference in this section:\n> > \n> > > (a) to an asset of a registered community housing provider extends to an asset that was previously owned by the community housing provider but has been disposed of, and\n> > \n> > > (b) to a registered community housing provider includes a reference to a community housing provider whose registration has been cancelled.\n> \n> **s 23:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[3\\].","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Instructions to community housing provider in relation to land in which Housing Agency has an interest","content":"#### 24 Instructions to community housing provider in relation to land in which Housing Agency has an interest\n\n24 Instructions to community housing provider in relation to land in which Housing Agency has an interest\n\n> > (1) A Housing Agency may take action under this section in respect of a community housing provider that holds land in which the Housing Agency has an interest if:\n> > \n> > > (a) the provider’s registration under the Community Housing Providers National Law (as applied by a participating jurisdiction) is cancelled, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the provider has become insolvent, or\n> > \n> > > (c) the land was vested in or transferred to the provider by order under this Part or in accordance with an instruction given under this Part and the provider failed to enter into a community housing agreement with the Housing Agency with respect to the land before the expiration of the period of 40 days after that vesting or transfer or the expiration of such other period as may be prescribed by the regulations.\n> \n> > (2) The Housing Agency may give instructions to a community housing provider or an officer of a community housing provider requiring:\n> > \n> > > (a) the transfer of land in which the Housing Agency has an interest so that it vests in the Housing Agency or in a specified registered community housing provider, or\n> > \n> > > (b) that a term or condition of a community housing agreement that is binding on the community housing provider be complied with.\n> \n> > (3) A community housing provider or officer of a community housing provider to whom an instruction is given under this section must comply with the instruction.\n> \n> > (4) Before giving an instruction under this section, a Housing Agency is to have regard to the following matters:\n> > \n> > > (a) the interests of any tenants of the community housing provider who may be affected,\n> > \n> > > (b) the interests of any creditors of the community housing provider who may be affected.\n> \n> > (5) This section applies to land in which a Housing Agency has an interest only if the interest has been recorded under section 18 (3).","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Displacement of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and other relevant legislation","content":"#### 25 Displacement of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and other relevant legislation\n\n25 Displacement of [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) (Cth) and other relevant legislation\n\n> > (1) Sections 23 and 24 are declared to be Corporations legislation displacement provisions for the purposes of section 5G of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth in relation to the provisions of that Act generally.\n> > \n> > Note.\n> > \n> > Section 5G of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth enables a State to displace the operation of the provisions of the Corporations legislation of the Commonwealth in favour of provisions of State laws that are declared under State law to be Corporations legislation displacement provisions for the purposes of that section. See, in particular, section 5G (4), (5) and (11) of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth in relation to the displacement effected by this section.\n> \n> > (2) Sections 23 and 24 prevail to the extent of any inconsistency with the [Associations Incorporation Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-007), the [Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-029) and the Co-operatives National Law (NSW).\n> \n> **s 25:** Am 2014 No 88, Sch 2.7.","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"Division 5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"## Division 5 Miscellaneous\n\nDivision 5 Miscellaneous","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"25A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Local registration scheme","content":"#### 25A Local registration scheme\n\n25A Local registration scheme\n\n> > (1) The Minister is to establish a local system of registration, monitoring and regulation of entities that provide community housing but are unable to be registered under the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW) (the local registration scheme).\n> \n> > (2) The Minister is to endeavour to ensure that the local registration scheme is, as far as reasonably practicable, consistent with the national system of registration, monitoring and regulation of community housing providers under the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW).\n> \n> > (3) The Minister may, for the purposes of the local registration scheme, impose functions on the Registrar for this jurisdiction.\n> \n> > (4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the local registration scheme, including by providing that provisions of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW) are taken to apply in respect of the local registration scheme subject to any modifications that may be prescribed by the regulations.\n> \n> > (5) The Minister may delegate the exercise of any function of the Minister under this section to the Housing Secretary.\n> \n> > (6) In this section:\n> > \n> > entity means an entity within the meaning of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW) and includes a body prescribed by the regulations.\n> \n> **s 25A:** Ins 2016 No 53, Sch 2 \\[2\\].","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Provisions relating to operation of Divisions 3 and 4","content":"#### 26 Provisions relating to operation of Divisions 3 and 4\n\n26 Provisions relating to operation of Divisions 3 and 4\n\n> > (1) Compensation is not payable to any person or body in connection with the operation of Division 3 or 4.\n> \n> > (2) The operation of Division 3 or 4 is not to be regarded:\n> > \n> > > (a) as a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil wrong, or\n> > \n> > > (b) as a breach of any contractual provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment or transfer of assets, rights or liabilities, or\n> > \n> > > (c) as giving rise to any remedy by a party to an instrument, or as causing or permitting the termination of any instrument, because of a change in the beneficial or legal ownership of any asset, right or liability.\n> \n> > (3) The operation of Division 3 or 4 is not to be regarded as an event of default under any contract or other instrument.\n> \n> > (4) No attornment to a person in whom property is vested or to whom property is transferred under Division 3 or 4 by a lessee of the previous owner of the property is required.\n> \n> > (5) The operation of Division 3 or 4 includes the making of an order under Division 3, the giving of instructions under Division 4 and the taking of any action in compliance with such instructions.","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"No duty payable in relation to vestings or transfers under Act","content":"#### 27 No duty payable in relation to vestings or transfers under Act\n\n27 No duty payable in relation to vestings or transfers under Act\n\n> Duty under the [Duties Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-123) is not chargeable for or in respect of:\n> \n> > (a) a vesting or transfer of property effected under Division 3 or 4, or\n> \n> > (b) anything certified by the Minister as having been done in consequence of such a vesting or transfer.","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"# Part 4 Miscellaneous\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proceedings for offences","content":"#### 28 Proceedings for offences\n\n28 Proceedings for offences\n\n> Proceedings for an offence against this Act (including the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW)) or the regulations under this Act may be disposed of summarily before the Local Court.","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations","content":"#### 29 Regulations\n\n29 Regulations\n\n> > (1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by the local application provisions of this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the local application provisions of this Act.\n> \n> > (2) The regulations may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Delegations","content":"#### 30 Delegations\n\n30 Delegations\n\n> > (1) A Housing Agency may delegate to a person the exercise of any of its functions under this Act (including any function under the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW)), other than this power of delegation.\n> \n> > (2) A delegate of a Housing Agency may sub-delegate to a person any function delegated by the Housing Agency if the delegate is authorised to do so by the Housing Agency.\n> \n> **s 30:** Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. Ins 2018 No 68, Sch 1.5.","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Review of Act","content":"#### 31 Review of Act\n\n31 Review of Act\n\n> > (1) The Minister is to review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.\n> \n> > (2) The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 5 years from the date of assent to this Act.\n> \n> > (3) A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the period of 5 years.","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Savings, transitional and other provisions","content":"# Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions\n\nSchedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1A","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Provisions relating to Registrar","content":"# Schedule 1A Provisions relating to Registrar\n\nSchedule 1A Provisions relating to Registrar\n\n(Section 10 (3))\n\n**sch 1A:** Ins 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \\[7\\].","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":null,"content":"# Schedule 2\n\nSchedule 2 (Repealed)\n\n**sch 2:** Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C.","sortOrder":58},{"sectionNumber":"app","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Community Housing Providers National Law","content":"# app Community Housing Providers National Law\n\nAppendix Community Housing Providers National Law\n\n(Section 5)","sortOrder":59},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"# Part 5 Miscellaneous\n\nPart 5 Miscellaneous","sortOrder":88}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 2012 Act adopted the national law framework as it stood at commencement. Through multiple amendments between 2014 and 2019, the scope has evolved — likely expanding regulatory coverage, updating references to the national law, and adjusting NSW-specific provisions. The uncommenced 2025 amendment suggests a further material expansion or reform of scope is pending. The law has therefore grown beyond its original point-in-time adoption of the national framework."},"complexity_factors":["Intergovernmental 'adoption' model — NSW is incorporating a separately enacted national law by reference, requiring readers to consult two legal instruments to understand the full framework","Multiple versions over time (8 point-in-time versions since 2012) indicating regular amendment and the need to identify which version applies to any given situation","Pending uncommenced amendment (2025 Act) creates uncertainty about the current and future state of the law","Regulatory housing sector involves layered obligations across registration, compliance, financial governance and tenancy law","Interaction between NSW-specific modifications and the national law creates interpretive complexity","Technical drafting typical of cooperative federalism legislation, which is inherently harder to navigate than a standalone state Act"],"plain_english_summary":"## Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 (NSW)\n\n### What is this law?\nThis NSW Act adopts a **national framework** for regulating **community housing providers** — the not-for-profit and charitable organisations that provide affordable rental housing to low-income and disadvantaged Australians.\n\n### Who does it affect?\n- **Tenants** living in community housing (social/affordable housing managed by non-government organisations)\n- **Community housing organisations** operating in NSW — they must be registered and meet national standards to keep operating\n- **NSW Government** — particularly the Minister for Housing, who oversees how the law operates in NSW\n\n### What does it actually do?\nRather than NSW creating its own unique set of rules, this Act says: *\"NSW will use the agreed national rules\"* for how community housing providers are registered, monitored, and held accountable. This means:\n\n- **Housing providers must be registered** under the national system to legally provide community housing\n- **Standards and oversight** apply consistently — providers can't fall through regulatory gaps between states\n- **A national regulator** (rather than a separate NSW-only body) oversees compliance\n- NSW can still tweak how the national law applies locally through regulations (rules made by government without going back to parliament)\n\n### Why does it matter to you?\nIf you **live in community housing** in NSW, this law is the foundation that ensures your housing provider is properly registered, financially sound, and meeting minimum standards — giving you basic protections as a tenant.\n\nIf you **run or work for a community housing organisation**, this is the law that governs your registration obligations, reporting requirements, and ongoing compliance duties.\n\n### Important note\nA **2025 amendment** has been passed but has **not yet commenced** (come into effect), meaning further changes to this framework are coming but aren't law yet."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act implements and applies the Community Housing Providers National Law within NSW and supplements it with additional NSW-specific provisions (notably on vesting of Housing Agency land, registration administration, Housing Agency powers and information powers). The text aligns with the Act’s stated objects to create a national registration and regulatory system and to facilitate government involvement in community housing (s 3; s 5; app 3). The additions (vesting, recording of Housing Agency interests, NSW information powers, a local registration scheme) extend administrative detail and enforcement mechanisms within the framework of the national law rather than changing the stated object of establishing a national registration and regulatory system."},"complexity_factors":["Dual structure: NSW Act adopts and applies a separate national law (Appendix) so readers must track both instruments (s 5; app).","Cross-jurisdictional coordination: Registrars and the National Register operate across participating jurisdictions, requiring inter-jurisdictional rules and agreements (app 6, app 9(1), app 12(3)–(4)).","Wide executive discretion: Registrar powers to issue binding instructions, appoint statutory managers, and cancel registration involve significant judgment calls (app 17–21).","Property and title mechanics: Governor vesting of State-owned Housing Agency land and Registrar-General recording restrictions on title interact with real property systems (s 21–22; s 18(3)–5).","Displacement of Corporations Act: Specific State provisions are declared to displace Commonwealth corporations legislation for some functions, changing the applicable corporate-law framework (s 25; app 23).","Multiple compliance streams: providers face statutory registration conditions, NSW-specific information powers and Housing Agency agreement conditions, each with timelines and penalties (app 15; s 23; s 16).","Financial allocation and risk: providers bear statutory manager expenses and other costs, and the State disclaims compensation in key areas (app 22; app 24; s 27).","Delegation and accountability layers: delegations by Registrar and Housing Agencies, and ministerial direction, create multi-layered decision-making and accountability (app 11; s 30; app 9(3))."],"plain_english_summary":"### What this law does (mechanically)\n\n- Adopts a national Community Housing Providers law into New South Wales law and treats that national law as if it were an Act in NSW (s 5, app 1–3).  The Appendix contains the full text of the Community Housing Providers National Law as applied in this jurisdiction (s 5, app).\n\n- Establishes a Registrar for community housing in NSW, who is appointed by the Minister and has functions including maintaining a National Register, assessing and registering providers, monitoring compliance, issuing notices and binding instructions, and appointing statutory managers (s 10, app 9–11, app 12–21).  The Minister may set the Registrar’s term, employment arrangements and removal grounds (s 10(2), sch 1A cl 1–5).\n\n- Creates a single national register of community housing providers and requires key information about registered entities to be recorded and published (app 12(1)–(6)).  Registrars across participating jurisdictions are required to cooperate (app 6, app 9(1), app 10(1)(a), app 10(1)(g)).\n\n- Imposes mandatory conditions of registration on registered community housing providers, including reporting, inspections, record-keeping, notification obligations, and constitution provisions about distribution of community housing assets on winding up (app 15(1)–(3), app 15(2)(a)–(j)).  The primary Registrar can impose additional standard conditions (app 15(3)).\n\n- Gives enforcement powers to Registrars: notices of non-compliance, binding instructions to remedy problems, notices of intent to cancel registration, cancellation, and appointment of statutory managers with specified powers and conditions (app 17–21).  Registrars must have regard to tenant interests when acting (app 19(4)).\n\n- Allows NSW Housing Agencies (the Housing Corporation and Housing Secretary as declared) to provide assistance (funding, land, partnerships) to registered providers under community housing agreements; such agreements may be standard form, include regulation-prescribed terms, and impose conditions about use of funding and assets (s 15, s 16).  Community housing agreements can create charges over land to secure money payable under the agreement (s 19).\n\n- Restricts dealings in land in which a Housing Agency has recorded an interest: providers must not transfer or otherwise deal with such land without the Housing Agency’s consent, unless an exempt transaction or other carve-out applies; the Registrar-General must record and give effect to that restriction on title dealings (s 18(1)–(6), (9)–(10)).\n\n- Permits the Governor to vest Housing Agency land in a registered community housing provider by Gazette order; on the vesting date the provider becomes the legal owner and succeeds to rights and liabilities associated with that land (s 21–22).  Regulations may provide for conversion of references in documents to reflect the new owner (s 22(3)).\n\n- Allows Housing Agencies to issue instructions requiring transfer of land or compliance with agreement terms where a provider’s registration is cancelled, the provider is insolvent, or certain time-limits are missed following vesting/transfer (s 24(1)–(3)).  Those instructions must have regard to affected tenants and creditors (s 24(4)).\n\n- Declares certain NSW provisions to displace parts of the Corporations Act for the purposes of specified functions (s 25; app 23 declares displacement for binding instructions and statutory manager provisions).  The Act also states that no compensation is payable by the State in connection with certain Registrar actions or statutory manager appointments (app 24; s 26(1)).\n\n- Provides for a local registration scheme administered by the Minister where entities cannot be registered under the national law, and allows that scheme to be made consistent with the national system as far as reasonably practicable (s 25A).\n\n- Sets practical administration points: fees to be prescribed by regulation (s 12), offences and penalties may be created by regulation (s 29(2)), summary disposal of proceedings in the Local Court (s 28), and transitional savings for prior NSW housing provisions (Schedule 1, Part 2).\n\n\n### Who this affects (who decides, who pays, who must act)\n\n- Community housing providers and entities that provide or intend to provide community housing are the primary regulated subjects: they must apply for registration, comply with registration conditions, answer information requests, allow inspections, and comply with binding instructions (app 13–15, app 15(2)(d)–(j), s 23).\n\n- Housing Agencies (the Housing Corporation and Housing Secretary as declared) may give assistance (s 15), enter community housing agreements (s 16), record interests in land (s 18(3)), and issue instructions in certain circumstances (s 24).\n\n- The Registrar (appointed by the Minister) decides on registration, conditions, notices, binding instructions, cancellation and appointment of statutory managers (s 10, app 14, app 15, app 17–21).  The Registrar is subject to ministerial direction and to joint guidelines agreed by relevant Ministers (app 9(3), app 10(2)).\n\n- Providers pay: registration fees prescribed by regulation (s 12, app 13(4)); the provider bears the expenses of a statutory manager appointed under the national law (app 22(1)–(2)); providers are subject to possible penalties for non‑compliance with information notices (s 23(3), maximum penalty specified).\n\n- The State does not owe compensation for certain Registrar actions (app 24), and no duty (stamp duty) is payable in respect of vestings or transfers under the Act (s 27).  The Registrar and statutory managers have limited personal liability for acts done in good faith or except for wilful misconduct/gross negligence (app 10(3), app 22(3)).\n\n\n### Why it matters (claimed purpose, and the trade-offs it creates)\n\n- The Act implements a national registration, monitoring and regulatory framework (app 3, app 6).  The stated aims in the national law are to encourage development and quality of community housing, promote governance to facilitate investment, and make cross-jurisdictional operation easier (app 3(1)).  In mechanical terms the Act does this by applying the national Law (s 5), creating an NSW Registrar (s 10), and making the national regulatory code applicable to registrants (app 15(2)(a), Schedule 1).\n\n- Costs and compliance burdens created by the Act are concrete and measurable: providers must meet ongoing conditions (reporting, inspections, notification and record-keeping) (app 15(2)(d)–(i)), respond to written information requests within specified timeframes (app 15(2)(e); s 23 extends similar NSW information powers), and may be required to attend meetings and answer questions (app 15(2)(f)).  Statutory managers’ costs are payable by providers (app 22(1)–(2)).  Failure to comply with a Housing Secretary information notice attracts a specified penalty (s 23(3)).\n\n- Discretion and implementation risk sit with public officials: the Minister appoints and may direct the Registrar (s 10(2), app 9(3)); Registrars have broad enforcement discretion (app 17–21) including issuing binding instructions (app 19) and appointing statutory managers (app 21).  Registrars must follow joint guidelines, but the Act gives them operational powers to require information, inspect premises and take enforcement steps (app 10(2), app 15(2)(d)–(g), app 19).\n\n- Effects on private choice, ownership and contract freedom are concrete: community housing agreements can impose conditions, create charges over provider land (s 16–19), and s 18 restricts transfers or other dealings in land where a Housing Agency has an interest unless consent or an exempt transaction applies.  The Governor can vest State Housing Agency land in a registered provider (s 21), and vesting transfers entitlements and liabilities to the new owner (s 22).  The Act displaces parts of the Corporations Act for the specified NSW provisions (s 25; app 23), which changes which corporate-law rules govern certain interventions (s 25).\n\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: the mechanics produce concentrated decision-making power in Registrars and Housing Agencies (power to record restrictions on title (s 18), issue binding instructions (app 19), vest land (s 21), and appoint statutory managers (app 21)), while compliance costs (reporting, inspections, potential loss of autonomy over assets, statutory manager expenses) are spread across registered providers.\n\n- Remedies and review: some Registrar decisions are appealable to the relevant Appeal Tribunal (app 25), but the Act also states the State will not pay compensation in relation to certain Registrar actions (app 24(1)–(2)).  There are transitional provisions preserving prior NSW rules for a transitional period and arrangements for entities that cannot register under the national law (Schedule 1, Part 2; s 25A).\n\n\n### Practical implementation points to note (sections cited)\n\n- The national law applies in NSW as set out in the Appendix (s 5, app 1–4).\n- Registrar appointment, term limits, removal grounds and employment arrangements are in s 10 and Schedule 1A (s 10; sch 1A cl 1–6).\n- Providers must meet conditions of registration (app 15(1)–(3)) and can be subject to inspections and information requests (app 15(2)(d)–(g); s 23).\n- Housing Agencies can record interests in land and those records restrict title dealings (s 18(3)–(5)); the Registrar-General must not inquire into the Housing Agency’s claimed interest (s 18(8)).\n- The Governor may vest Housing Agency land in a registered provider (s 21–22).\n- Registrars may issue notices of non-compliance, binding instructions and appoint statutory managers (app 18–21).\n- The State is not liable to pay compensation in respect of many Registrar actions and statutory manager interventions (app 24).\n\nThis summary describes how the Act operates in practical terms and highlights the main decision points, compliance obligations and legal mechanisms. It does not adopt any view about whether those mechanisms are desirable; it sets out who pays, who decides, what powers officials have, and what behaviour the law requires or restricts (with section references above)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of establishing a national registration and regulatory system for community housing providers. While the 2016 amendment added a local registration scheme (section 25A) for providers ineligible for national registration, this is a minor expansion to fill a gap rather than a significant scope creep. The core framework—registration, conditions, enforcement, and land vesting—has remained stable since enactment."},"complexity_factors":["Dual-layer structure: The Act combines NSW-specific provisions with an adopted National Law set out in the Appendix, requiring readers to cross-reference between two legal instruments","Extensive cross-referencing: Multiple references to other Acts including the Corporations Act 2001, Housing Act 2001, Real Property Act 1900, Conveyancing Act 1919, and Government Sector Finance Act 2018","Conditional logic in enforcement: Nested conditions for when the Registrar can take action (sections 17-21) including multiple thresholds for notices, binding instructions, and statutory manager appointments","Defined terms with scope variations: 25+ defined terms in the National Law alone, with some terms having different meanings in 'local application provisions' versus the National Law (section 4(3))","Transitional provisions: Schedule 1 contains complex savings provisions that preserve repealed Housing Act provisions for 18 months with multiple exceptions and continuations","Displacement provisions: Sections 23 and 25 declare certain provisions override the Corporations Act 2001, creating interaction effects with federal law","Land vesting mechanics: Division 3 (sections 21-22) contains detailed provisions about automatic transfer of rights, liabilities, and proceedings when government land is transferred to providers"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation creates a national system for registering and regulating community housing providers in New South Wales. **Community housing providers** are non-government organisations that provide affordable housing to people on low incomes.\n\n**What the Act does:**\n- **Adopts a national law**: It brings the Community Housing Providers National Law into force in NSW, creating a single national register of providers and consistent rules across participating states.\n- **Establishes a Registrar**: Appoints a regulator to oversee registration, monitor compliance, investigate complaints, and take enforcement action against providers who break the rules.\n- **Sets registration conditions**: Providers must meet standards for tenant services, asset management, governance, financial viability, and probity (honesty/integrity).\n- **Protects government investment**: It allows Housing Agencies (government bodies) to transfer land and funding to providers while retaining controls to ensure the assets are used properly.\n- **Creates enforcement powers**: The Registrar can issue compliance notices, binding instructions, appoint statutory managers to take over failing providers, and cancel registrations.\n- **Provides a local fallback**: For providers that don't qualify for national registration, the Minister can establish a separate local registration scheme.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Community housing providers (must register and comply with national standards)\n- Tenants in community housing (protected through service standards)\n- Government Housing Agencies (can invest in and monitor providers)\n- The Registrar and statutory managers (regulatory oversight)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis law aims to build confidence in the community housing sector so governments and private investors will fund it. It ensures providers are properly run, financially sound, and accountable—while protecting tenants' rights and government assets."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012","history":"/api/acts/community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/community-housing-providers-adoption-of-national-law-act-2012/documents"}}