3Purposes

1. This Act has the following purposes:

2. to provide for the regulation of building work, the establishment of a licensing regime for building practitioners, and the setting of performance standards for buildings to ensure that—
   1. people who use buildings can do so safely and without endangering their health; and
   2. buildings have attributes that contribute appropriately to the health, physical independence, and well-being of the people who use them; and
   3. people who use a building can escape from the building if it is on fire; and
   4. buildings are designed, constructed, and able to be used in ways that promote sustainable development:
3. to promote the accountability of owners, designers, builders, and building consent authorities who have responsibilities for ensuring that building work complies with the building code.

Notes

• Section 3: replaced, on 13 March 2012, by section 4 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).