The due diligence checklist is a general guide for prospective residential buyers, prompting them to consider matters such as planning, flooding, bushfire risk, utilities and building soundness before they commit. It is a standard published document rather than property specific disclosure.
Section 33 requires it to be made available to buyers in a residential sale, but it sits apart from the section 32 statement. Unlike defective section 32 disclosure, failing to give the checklist does not give the buyer a right to end the contract and does not invalidate it.
It is a starting point for a buyer's own inquiries, not a substitute for them.
This is the kind of matter CMK Legal's property and conveyancing team handles.
The checklist is generic, so it does not replace inspections, searches or advice on the particular property. Its absence does not undo a contract, so a buyer cannot rely on it as an exit.
Law referenced: Sale of Land Act 1962 s 33.