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Building Act 2004

1: Title

You could also call this:

“This law tells us what the name of this set of rules is.”

This law is called the Building Act 2004. That’s the official name given to this set of rules about buildings in New Zealand. When people talk about this law, they use this name to refer to it.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM306039.

Topics:
Housing and property > Home safety and repairs
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2: Commencement, or

“This explains when different parts of the law start to work.”

1Title

  1. This Act is the Building Act 2004.