中介监管新法律对披露重大事实的具体规定
从2020年3月23日起，对中介代理人进行监管的一些房地产方面的法律将发生改变，以下是对披露重大事实的相关规定：
目前法律规定，房产中介代理人通过隐瞒重大事实来诱使他人订立合同或其它约定，属于犯罪行为。
新的法规具体规定了代理人知道或应当合理知道，并必须向潜在购买者披露的事实种类，它们包括：
- 过去 5 年中因自然气候原因被洪水淹没过或发生过丛林火灾
- 具有重大健康或安全风险
- 登记在“松散填充石棉隔热层”名单上
- 在过去的5年里，曾经是谋杀或过失杀人犯罪的现场
- 在过去 2 年中用于生产或供应违禁药物或植物
- 属于或部分属于包含外部可燃涂层的建筑物，其范围为：
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- 已发出消防安全令或发出消防安全令的意向通知书，要求建筑物就其外部覆层作出纠正
- 已发出建筑产品整改令或发出建筑产品整改令的意向通知，要求建筑物对其外部覆层进行整改
- 已提出开发申请或符合开发证书的申请，以便就涂层进行整改。
如果代理人不披露这些事实，不管他们是否打算向潜在购买者隐瞒这些事实，或者他们已经知道事实或应该合理地知道事实，中介代理人都将对此承担责任。
Changes to the laws that govern agents in the real estate and property industry in NSW start on 23 March 2020.
Disclosing specific prescribed material facts
It is currently an offence for an agent to induce a person to enter into a contract or arrangement by concealing a material fact.
The new regulations specify the kinds of facts that an agent knows or should reasonably know and must disclose to a prospective purchaser. These include that the property:
- flooded from a natural weather event or bush fire in the last 5 years
- has significant health or safety risks
- is listed on the loose-fill asbestos insulation register
- has been the scene of a crime of murder or manslaughter in the last 5 years
- has been used for the production or supply of a prohibited drug or plant in the last 2 years
- is, or is a part of, a building that contains external combustible cladding to which:
- a fire safety order, or a notice of intention to issue a fire safety order, has been issued requiring the building to be rectified regarding the cladding
- a building product rectification order, or a notice of intention to issue a building product rectification order, has been issued requiring the building to be rectified regarding the cladding
- a development application or complying development certificate application has been lodged for rectification regarding the cladding.
The agent will be liable if they fail to disclose these facts, whether or not they intended to conceal them from the prospective purchaser, if they knew of the fact, or should have reasonably known about the fact.
