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45B: Changes to plans and specifications that have national multiple-use approval
or “Making small changes to approved building plans is allowed, but big changes need a new approval.”
You could also call this:

“ Some building plans must be shared with firefighters to keep everyone safe. ”

This law is about sharing certain building consent applications with Fire and Emergency New Zealand. The head of the building authority decides which types of applications need to be shared. When they make this decision, they must tell all building consent authorities about it as soon as they can.

If you apply for one of these types of building consents, the building consent authority must give a copy of your application to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

The head of the building authority’s decision about which applications to share is called “secondary legislation”. This means it follows special rules about how it’s published, which you can find in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Next up: 47: Fire and Emergency New Zealand may give advice on applications under section 46

or “Firefighters can give safety tips when someone wants to build or change a building”
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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building consents

46Copy of certain applications for building consent must be provided to Fire and Emergency New Zealand

  1. This section applies to an application for a building consent that is of a kind specified by the chief executive by notice.

  2. A copy of the notice must be given by the chief executive to every building consent authority as soon as practicable after it is made.

  3. A building consent authority must, on receipt of an application to which this section applies, provide a copy of the application to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

  4. A notice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 46 heading: amended, on , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
  • Section 46(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
  • Section 46(2): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
  • Section 46(3): amended, on , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
  • Section 46(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).