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Building Act 2004

Miscellaneous provisions - Other offences and criminal proceedings - Offence relating to building control

363C: Section 363 does not apply to building work commenced before 31 March 2005

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“You don't get in trouble for building work that started before 31 March 2005.”

If you started building something before 31 March 2005, Section 363(1) doesn’t apply to that building work. This is true no matter when you finished the work - it could have been before, on, or after 31 March 2005. The important thing is when you started the work, not when you completed it.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Other offences and criminal proceedings: Offence relating to building control

363CSection 363 does not apply to building work commenced before 31 March 2005

  1. Section 363(1) does not apply to building work commenced before 31 March 2005.

  2. Subsection (1) applies whether or not the work was completed before, on, or after 31 March 2005.

Notes
  • Section 363C: replaced, on , by section 75 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).