Environmental Planning and Assessment (Development Certification and Fire Safety) Regulation 2021

The Planning Secretary must establish and maintain on the NSW planning portal a register of dwellings used for the purposes of short-term rental accommodation (the register).

The register must contain the following information (the registration information) for each dwelling used for the purposes of short-term rental accommodation—

the address of the dwelling,

the type of residential accommodation,

whether the dwelling will be used as hosted short-term rental accommodation or non-hosted short-term rental accommodation,

the name and address of the host of the dwelling,

a description of how the dwelling complies with the fire safety standard.

The Planning Secretary must register a dwelling on the register if the host or letting agent of the dwelling—

provides the registration information to the Planning Secretary in the approved form, and

pays to the Planning Secretary the registration fee of $65.

The Planning Secretary must notify the host or the letting agent of the date of registration.

Registration of a dwelling remains in force for 1 year.

The Planning Secretary must make the register available to the following persons—

a member of staff of the Department of Customer Service authorised by the Secretary of that Department,

a member of staff of a local council authorised by the local council,

another person, if the Planning Secretary considers it necessary to ensure the safety of persons occupying the dwelling as short-term rental accommodation.