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Building Act 2004

Building - Requirements for building work - Restricted building work must be carried out or supervised by licensed building practitioners

88: Licensed building practitioner to provide record of work in respect of restricted building work

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"Builders must give you a record of their work on restricted building projects"

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When you do restricted building work, you need a licensed building practitioner. They must give you a record of the work they did. This record says what work they did. If you build a small stand-alone dwelling without a consent, the licensed building practitioner must give you and the territorial authority a record of the work. They must do this after they finish the work. The record must be in a certain form. The licensed building practitioner must give the record to you, the owner, and the territorial authority. The territorial authority is in charge of the area where the work is done. Giving you a record of the work does not make the licensed building practitioner liable for anything. It does not create any new liabilities. You can find more information about this in section 362I(1)(c). If you build a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling, the licensed building practitioner must follow section 34 to get a project information memorandum.

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Requirements for building work: Restricted building work must be carried out or supervised by licensed building practitioners

88Licensed building practitioner to provide record of work in respect of restricted building work

  1. Each licensed building practitioner who carries out (other than as an owner-builder) or supervises restricted building work under a building consent must, on completion of the restricted building work, provide the persons specified in subsection (2) with a record of work, in the prescribed form, stating what restricted building work the licensed building practitioner carried out or supervised.

  2. Each licensed building practitioner who carries out or supervises restricted building work on a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling must, on completion of the restricted building work, provide the owner and the territorial authority that issued the project information memorandum for the dwelling under section 34 with a record of work, in the prescribed form (if applicable), stating what restricted building work the licensed building practitioner carried out or supervised.

  3. The persons are—

  4. the owner; and
    1. the territorial authority for the district in which the restricted building work is situated.

      1. Repealed

      2. A record of work given under subsection (1) or (1A) does not, of itself,—

      3. create any liability in relation to any matter to which the record of work relates; or
        1. give rise to any civil liability to the owner that would not otherwise exist if the licensed building practitioner were not required to provide the record of work.

          1. Subsection (4) does not limit section 362I(1)(c).

          Notes
          • Section 88 heading: amended, on , by section 27(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).
          • Section 88(1): replaced, on , by section 27(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).
          • Section 88(1A): inserted, on , by section 17(1) of the Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 59).
          • Section 88(3): repealed, on , by section 27(3) of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).
          • Section 88(4): replaced, on , by section 27(4) of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).
          • Section 88(4): amended, on , by section 17(2) of the Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 59).
          • Section 88(5): amended, on , by section 20 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).