The requirements concern the aspects of health, safety, accessibility, amenity and sustainability of the types of buildings that the code applies to.

[2] The NCC is revised every three years by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), and the changes that are implemented include those selected from proposals.

Once submitted they will be considered by involved committees and if it passes will be included in the public comment draft of the next years edition of the NCC.

[9] According to Geoff Hanmer, adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Adelaide, the regulations for ventilation are impotent.

[12] The requirements the properties of reinforced concrete walls as specified in the standard AS 3600-2009, which are cited by at least NCC 2016 are not adequate in preventing collapse during very rare seismic events.

[13] As of the NCC2019, it was more difficult and more expensive to make massive timber constructions due to the necessity to establish compliance with the NCC through "alternative solutions".