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13: Role of regional authority
or “A regional authority manages and oversees everything to do with dams, including safety and building rules.”
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“Different authorities have special jobs when it comes to buildings with dams”

The regional authority is in charge of handling tasks related to buildings that are dams. If a building includes a dam, the regional authority deals with the dam part, while the building consent authority and territorial authority handle the non-dam parts of the building.

When it comes to dams, the regional authority takes on the roles that building consent authorities and territorial authorities usually have. This includes tasks like giving building consents, inspections, and enforcement.

For buildings that include dams, the building consent authority, territorial authority, and regional authority all have roles to play. They need to work together and share information to make sure they’re doing their jobs properly.

The law says that the building consent authority and territorial authority must do their best to communicate with the regional authority when they’re working on a building that has a dam.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions
Outline of regulatory roles under this Act

14Roles of building consent authorities, territorial authorities, and regional authorities in relation to dams

  1. The regional authority is responsible for performing functions under this Act relating to a building that is a dam.

  2. If a building includes a dam,—

  3. the regional authority is responsible for performing functions under this Act relating to the dam; and
    1. the building consent authority and territorial authority are responsible for performing functions under this Act relating to the parts of the building that are not a dam.

      1. For the purposes of subsection (1),—

      2. sections 31 to 39 apply (with all necessary modifications) as if every reference in them to a building consent authority or territorial authority included a reference to a regional authority; and
        1. sections 40 to 116 (except section 114(2)(c)), 216 to 218, 220 to 228, 232, 276 to 281, 363A, 371A to 371C, and 374 apply (with all necessary modifications) as if every reference in them to a building consent authority or territorial authority were a reference to a regional authority.

          1. For the purposes of subsection (2), sections 31 to 116 (except section 114(2)(c)), 216 to 218, 220 to 228, 232, 276 to 281, 363A, 371A to 371C, and 374 apply (with all necessary modifications) as if every reference in them to a building consent authority or territorial authority included a reference to a regional authority.

          2. The building consent authority and territorial authority must do everything reasonably practicable to liaise with the regional authority in performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, in relation to a building that includes a dam.

          Notes
          • Section 14: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).
          • Section 14(3)(b): amended, on , by section 8(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
          • Section 14(4): amended, on , by section 9 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
          • Section 14(4): amended, on , by section 8(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).