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42A: Building work for which building consent is not required under Schedule 1
or “A list of construction jobs you can do without asking for special permission from the council”
You could also call this:

“You don't need permission for most energy work, but some special cases still need approval.”

You don’t need a building consent for most energy work. However, there are two situations where you do need a building consent for energy work:

  1. If the energy work involves a specified system in a building that is or will be covered by a compliance schedule. A specified system is a building feature that needs regular checks to make sure it’s working properly.

  2. If the energy work would normally need a building consent, but that consent could only be given if the building code was changed or if an exception was made.

If you want to, you can still apply for a building consent for energy work even if you don’t need one. If you do this, the law will treat your energy work as if it did need a consent.

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Next up: 44: When to apply for building consent

or “You need to ask for permission before you start building something new or changing your house”
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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building consents

43Building consent not required for energy work

  1. Energy work does not require a building consent.

  2. However, the following energy work requires a building consent:

  3. energy work that relates to any specified system that is contained in, or proposed to be contained in, any building (whether existing or proposed) and that,—
    1. in the case of an existing specified system, is covered by a compliance schedule, or would be covered if a compliance schedule were issued in respect of the building; or
      1. in the case of a proposed specified system, will be required to be covered by a compliance schedule; and
      2. energy work in any case where, if that work required a building consent, a consent could not be granted unless it was granted subject to a waiver or modification of the building code.

        1. An owner who wishes to obtain a building consent for energy work that does not require a building consent may apply for a building consent for that work (whether or not the application also relates to any other building work), and in that case this Act applies as if the energy work required a building consent.

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