To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. From 1 March 2021, residential builders will be able to use the Security of Payment regime to more easily resolve disputes and recover progress payments from owner occupier homeowners. Residential home building work carried out by a home builder for an owner occupier homeowner has always been exempt from the Security of Payment laws in NSW. This has meant that the residential home builder carrying out construction work on an owner occupier's new or existing home: cannot utilise the quick and efficient Security of Payment adjudication process to resolve a dispute with the homeowner;