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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities of regional authorities - Functions, duties, and powers of regional authorities generally

241: Regional authority must gain accreditation and be registered

You could also call this:

“Regional authorities must get special permission and be officially listed to check if dams are safe.”

If you want to be a building consent authority for dams, you need to do three things. First, you must apply for and get accreditation. Second, you need to apply to be registered as a building consent authority. Third, you have to keep your accreditation and registration up to date all the time.

There are two exceptions to this rule. You don’t have to do these things if you give your job to another regional authority. Also, if you pass on some of your tasks to another regional authority, you don’t need to follow these rules for those specific tasks.

You can transfer your jobs to another regional authority if you want to.

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Topics:

Housing and property > Home safety and repairs

Government and voting > Local councils

240: Building consent authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy, or

“The council can ask you to pay money for building permits and other services, and they must collect a special fee for the government.”

242: Regional authority must provide information to chief executive, or

“Regional authorities have to give information to the boss when asked, as the rules say.”

Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of regional authorities: Functions, duties, and powers of regional authorities generally

241Regional authority must gain accreditation and be registered

A regional authority must, for the purpose of ensuring that it performs the function of a building consent authority in relation to dams,—
apply for, and gain, accreditation under this Part; and
apply to be, and be registered as, a building consent authority under this Part; and
maintain that accreditation and registration at all times.

Subsection (1)—
is subject to the regional authority's power under section 244 to transfer any of its functions under this Act to another regional authority; and
does not apply to any function it transfers to another regional authority.

Notes

Section 241(2): inserted, on 14 April 2005, by section 18 of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).