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212: Territorial authority must act as building consent authority for its district
or “The city council must check and approve building plans in its area, except for dams.”
You could also call this:

“Local councils can do building consent work themselves or get other groups to help them”

You have different ways to handle your building consent authority duties. You can do the job yourself, or you can get other building consent authorities to do it for you. You can even mix these two options if you want.

If you decide to get help from other building consent authorities, you can make a deal with them. This deal can be a formal contract, but it doesn’t have to be. You can set it up in any way that works for you and the other authorities.

Remember, these options are about how you follow the rules in section 212(1). That section talks about what a territorial authority needs to do as a building consent authority.

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Next up: 214: How liability apportioned if territorial authority makes arrangements relating to functions of building consent authority

or “This law explains who is responsible when a local council gets someone else to do building checks for them.”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of territorial authorities: Functions, duties, and powers of territorial authorities generally

213Territorial authority may make arrangements relating to functions of building consent authority

  1. A territorial authority may comply with section 212(1) by—

  2. performing the functions of a building consent authority itself; or
    1. making arrangements for 1 or more other building consent authorities to perform those functions on its behalf; or
      1. a combination of the methods described in paragraphs (a) and (b).

        1. An arrangement under subsection (1) may be made—

        2. by contract; or
          1. by any other means.