Coverage
What ComplianceApp answers from
ComplianceApp answers from the NCC 2022 and 2025, state building regulations and guides, and the standards the NCC references, organised by trade and state.
What answers draw on
NCC 2022 and 2025, state building regulations and tolerance guides, and the standards the NCC references.
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Trades covered
17 Ask topics
Answers cite standards by clause number and explain them in our own words; the standards themselves are not reproduced.
By trade
Pick your trade to ask a question against the rules for that work.
- Builder
- Bricklayer / masonry
- Carpentry
- Cladding / facade
- Concrete / formwork
- Demolition
- Earthworks / excavation
- Electrical
- Fire / bushfire
- Glazing / windows
- HVAC / refrigeration
- Insulation
- Lifts / elevators
- Painting / coatings
- Plasterboard / linings
- Plumbing / gas / drainage
- Pools
- Roof plumber
- Roofing
- Scaffolding
- Solar / renewables
- Structural steel / design
- Tiling
- Waterproofing
- Safety / WHS
- General / multi-trade
By subject / Ask topic
Example topics you can ask about.
Houses & extensions
- House / renovation
- Extensions & additions
- Livable housing
- Entries & set-downs
Roofs & rainwater
- Roofs & flashings
- Roof drainage
- Box gutters
- Eaves gutters
Bathrooms, kitchens & wet areas
- Bathrooms
- Kitchens
- Internal wet areas
Walls, retaining & structure
- Walls & framing
- Retaining walls
- Balconies & external wet
- Floors & concrete coatings
Energy, bushfire & access
- Energy / building fabric
- Bushfire (BAL)
By state and territory
Every state uses the NCC and the standards it references. Each state page adds that state's own rules.
| State or territory | NCC edition in force | State material |
|---|---|---|
| Western Australia | NCC 2025 | WA Building Act 2011 and Building Regulations 2012, Building and Energy guidance (state variations and NCC transition notes), the WA Guide to Standards and Tolerances, and WA electrical and plumbing rules |
| New South Wales | NCC 2022 NCC 2025 from 1 May 2027 |
NSW building, planning and home building laws, the NSW Guide to Standards and Tolerances, and NSW electrical and plumbing rules |
| Victoria | NCC 2025 | Victorian Building Act and Building Regulations, the Victorian Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2026, and Victorian electrical and plumbing rules |
| Queensland | NCC 2022 NCC 2025 from 1 May 2027 |
Queensland Building Act and Building Regulation, the Queensland Development Code and Housing Code, the QBCC Standards and Tolerances Guide, and Queensland electrical and plumbing laws |
| South Australia | NCC 2022 NCC 2025 from 1 May 2027 |
South Australian planning, development and infrastructure laws, and SA water industry rules |
| Tasmania | NCC 2022 NCC 2025 from 1 May 2027 |
Tasmanian Building Act and Building Regulations 2016, and Tasmanian occupational licensing rules |
| Australian Capital Territory | NCC 2025 | ACT Building Act and Building (General) Regulation, and ACT construction licensing rules |
| Northern Territory | NCC 2022 | NT Building Act and Building Regulations |
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