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Building Act 2004

Miscellaneous provisions - Other offences and criminal proceedings - Offences relating to administration of Act

366: Offence to impersonate building consent authority or regional authority, etc

You could also call this:

“It's against the law to pretend you're a building official when you're not.”

You must not pretend to be a building consent authority or regional authority. You also must not pretend to be an officer or employee of these authorities.

If you do pretend to be one of these people or organisations, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence. If you are found guilty of this offence, you will be punished. The punishment depends on whether you are an individual person or a company.

If you are an individual person, you might have to pay a fine of up to $50,000. If you are a company, you might have to pay a fine of up to $150,000.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Other offences and criminal proceedings: Offences relating to administration of Act

366Offence to impersonate building consent authority or regional authority, etc

  1. A person must not impersonate—

  2. a building consent authority or regional authority; or
    1. an officer or employee of a building consent authority or regional authority.

      1. A person who fails to comply with subsection (1)—

      2. commits an offence; and
        1. is liable on conviction,—
          1. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50,000:
            1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $150,000.

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              Notes
              • Section 366(1): amended, on , by section 86(1) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
              • Section 366(2): replaced, on , by section 86(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).