Legislation

List of legislation relevant to NCAT. Accessing the links below will take you to the NSW Legislation​ website.

NCAT Legislation

The NCAT Legislation sets out provisions related to establishing the Tribunal, how proceedings are commenced, procedures and powers of the Tribunal, and the appointment of Members.

• Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013
  
• Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2022 
  
• Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014
  
• Court Security Act 2005

Administrative & Equal Opportunity Division

The following Acts and subordinate legislation confer jurisdiction on NCAT's Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division.

• Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997
  
• Adoption Act 2000 
  
• Agricultural Industry Services Act 1998 
  
• Agricultural Livestock (Disease Control Funding) Act 1998
• Air Transport Act 1964 
  
• Animal Research Act 1985 
  
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
  
• Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 
  
• Apprenticeship and Traineeship Regulation 2017
• Associations Incorporation Act 2009 
  
• Australian Oil Refining Agreements Act 1954
  
• Betting and Racing Act 1998
• Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 
  
• Boarding Houses Act 2012
• Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999
• Building Products (Safety) Act 2017
• Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2011
  
• Casino Control Regulation 2019
  
• Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
  
• Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulation 2022
• Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 
  
• Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2006 
  
• Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
  
• Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012
  
• Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
  
• Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2015
  
• Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)
• Children (Education and Care Services National Law Application) Act 2010
• Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011
  
• Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 
  
• Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Regulation 2022
  
• Children’s Guardian Act 2019
• Coal Industry Act 2001 
  
• Combat Sports Act 2013 
  
• Commons Management Act 1989
• Community Gaming Act 2018
• Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 
  
• Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW)
• Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 
  
• Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
• Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
  
• Criminal Records Act 1991
  
• Crown Land Management Act 2016
• Dormant Funds Act 1942 
  
• Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007
  
• Education Act 1990 
  
• Education (School Administrative and Support Staff) Act 1987
• Electricity Supply Act 1995 
  
• Electoral Act 2017
• Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986 
  
• Explosives Act 2003 
  
• Fines Act 1996
• Firearms Act 1996 
  
• First Home Owner Grant and Shared Equity Act 2000
• Fisheries Management Act 1994
  
• Food Act 2003 
  
• Food Regulation 2015
  
• Forestry Act 2012
  
• Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002 
  
• Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007
  
• Gaming and Liquor Administration Regulation 2016
• Gaming Machines Act 2001
  
• Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017
  
• Gas Supply Act 1996 
  
• Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009
  
• Guardianship Act 1987
• Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 
  
• Hemp Industry Act 2008 
  
• Higher Education Act 2001  
• Hunter Water Act 1991
• Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 
  
• Liquor Act 2007 
  
• Liquor Regulation 2018
• Local Land Services Act 2013 
• Local Land Services Regulation 2014
• Marine Pollution Act 2012
  
• Marine Pollution Regulation 2024
• Marine Safety Act 1998
  
• Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017
• Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999
  
• Motor Vehicle Sports (Public Safety) Act 1985 
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Checks) Act 2018
• Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 
  
• NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009
  
• Ombudsman Act 1974
  
• Paintball Act 2018
• Personal Property Securities (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2009
• Pesticides Act 1999 
  
• Photo Card Act 2005 
• Police Act 1990 
  
• Poppy Industry Act 2016
  
• Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 
  
• Private Health Facilities Act 2007
  
• Public Health Act 2010
  
• Public Lotteries Act 1996
  
• Public Spaces (Unattended Property) Act 2021
• Rail Safety National Law (NSW)
  
• Registered Clubs Act 1976
  
• Relationships Register Act 2010
  
• Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 (Section 175)
• Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (Division 3 of Part 10)
• Retail Trading Act 2008
  
• Retirement Villages Act 1999
• Rice Marketing Act 1983
• State Debt Recovery Act 2018
• Sydney Water Act 1994  
• Taxation Administration Act 1996 
  
• Teacher Accreditation Act 2004  
  
• Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996 
  
• Unclaimed Money Act 1995
• Victims Rights and Support Act 2013
  
• Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001
• Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017
• Water Act 1912 
  
• Water Industry Competition Act 2006
  
• Water NSW Act 2014 
  
• Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 
  
• Work Health and Safety Act 2011
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017

Consumer & Commercial Division

The following Acts and subordinate legislation confer jurisdiction on NCAT's Consumer and Commercial Division.

• Agricultural Tenancies Act 1990
  
• Australian Consumer Law
• Boarding Houses Act 2012
• Community Land Development Act 2021
• Community Land Management Act 2021
• Contracts Review Act 1980
• Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 (only in relation to Division 3 of Part 4)
• Credit (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2010
• Dividing Fences Act 1991
• Fair Trading Act 1987
• Holiday Parks (Long-term Casual Occupation) Act 2002
• Home Building Act 1989
• Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013
  
• Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1996
  
• Property and Stock Agents Act 2002
• Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013
• Residential Tenancies Act 2010
  
• Retail Leases Act 1994
• Retirement Villages Act 1999
• Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
• Sydney Water Act 1994 (Section 58)
• Uncollected Goods Act 1995

Guardianship Division

The following Acts and subordinate legislation confer jurisdiction on NCAT's Guardianship Division.

• Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
  
• Guardianship Act 1987
  
• NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009
  
• Powers of Attorney Act 2003

Occupational Division

The following Acts and subordinate legislation confer jurisdiction on NCAT's Occupational Division.

• Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
  
• Architects Act 2003
  
• Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018
• Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 (Division 3 of Part 4)
  
• Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020
• Fair Trading Act 1987
  
• Health Care Complaints Act 1993
  
• Health Practitioner Regulation (Adoption of National Law) Act 2009
• Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)
  
• Home Building Act 1989
• Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)
• Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014
• Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002
  
• Local Government Act 1993
  
• Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013
  
• Passenger Transport Act 2014
• Pawnbrokers and Second‐hand Dealers Act 1996
  
• Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016
  
• Property and Stock Agents Act 2002
• Public Notaries Act 1997
  
• Security Industry Act 1997
  
• State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015
• Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002
  
• Tattoo Industry Act 2012
  
• Tow Truck Industry Act 1998
  
• Veterinary Practice Act 2003
• Wool, Hide and Skin Dealers Act 2004
• Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998