FEBRUARY 2026

Horizon Scanner: Energy, Planning, Infrastructure and Construction

Legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy, including energy, construction and engineering, transport and digital infrastructure.

Highlights this month...

The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment is consulting on changes to auction design for RESS 6 and future auctions.

The Supreme Court provided guidance on section 15(1) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015.

Amendments to the Building Control Act 1990, including in relation to a regularisation process, have been enacted, though not yet commenced.