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Building Act 2004

Building - Preliminary

15: Outline of this Part

You could also call this:

“This part explains the rules for building work, including safety, permits, and inspections.”

This part of the Building Act 2004 explains what it covers. It says that all building work must follow the building code as required by this Act. It tells you how to show that your building work follows the code.

You’ll learn about warnings and bans for building products or methods. It also explains how to get and use a national multiple-use approval.

This part covers when you need a project information memorandum and how to apply for one. It also tells you when you need a building consent and how to get one. If your building consent is approved, you’ll have to pay a fee to the chief executive.

Some building work, called restricted building work, must be done or supervised by licensed building practitioners. A building consent authority can tell you to fix work that doesn’t follow the rules or your consent. They can also check the building work they’ve approved.

All building work under a consent needs a code compliance certificate from the authority that gave the consent or another one that agrees to be responsible. Buildings with special systems need a compliance schedule and a yearly building warrant of fitness.

If you change a building, you might need to upgrade it to meet the building code. There are also rules for when you change how a building is used or how long it’s meant to last.

This part covers access for people with disabilities to and inside buildings. It explains what local councils do about dangerous, earthquake-prone, or unhealthy buildings. It also covers what councils and people working under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 do for buildings in special areas under subpart 6B.

Regional authorities have jobs related to dams. Lastly, this part covers safety rules for home swimming pools.

Remember, this is just a guide to what this part of the Act is about.

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Part 2 Building
Preliminary

15Outline of this Part

  1. In general terms, this Part provides—

  2. that all building work must comply with the building code to the extent required by this Act:
    1. how compliance with the building code is to be established:
      1. for warnings and bans to be issued in relation to building products or building methods:
        1. the effect of a national multiple-use approval and how to apply for one:
          1. when a project information memorandum is required and how to apply for one:
            1. when a building consent is required and how to apply for one:
              1. that an applicant for a building consent is liable to pay a levy to the chief executive if the application is granted:
                1. that restricted building work must be carried out or supervised by 1 or more licensed building practitioners:
                  1. for a building consent authority to issue a notice requiring building work to be fixed so as to comply with this Act and the building consent:
                    1. that a building consent authority may inspect building work for which it has granted a consent:
                      1. that all building work under a building consent must have a code compliance certificate issued by the building consent authority that issued the building consent or another building consent authority that agrees to assume responsibility for the building work:
                        1. that a compliance schedule and annual building warrant of fitness is required for buildings with specified systems:
                          1. that when a building undergoes alterations it may have to be upgraded to comply with the building code:
                            1. for requirements that must be met when the use or intended life of a building changes:
                              1. for access and facilities for persons with disabilities to and within buildings:
                                1. for territorial authorities to perform functions relating to dangerous, earthquake-prone, or insanitary buildings:
                                  1. for territorial authorities and for persons performing functions under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to perform functions relating to managing buildings located in areas designated under subpart 6B:
                                    1. for regional authorities to perform functions relating to dams:
                                      1. for matters relating to residential pool safety.

                                        1. This section is intended only as a guide to the general scheme and effect of this Part.

                                        Notes
                                        • Section 15(1)(baa): inserted, on , by section 12(1) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
                                        • Section 15(1)(ba): inserted, on , by section 7(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 25).
                                        • Section 15(1)(c): replaced, on , by section 7(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 25).
                                        • Section 15(1)(na): inserted, on , by section 8 of the Building Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 27).
                                        • Section 15(1)(p): inserted, on , by section 12(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).