392Building consent authority not liable

1. No civil proceedings may be brought against a building consent authority for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in reliance on any of the following documents or matters:

2. an acceptable solution or a verification method:
3. any building product specifications:
4. a determination made by the chief executive under subpart 1 of Part 3:
5. a current registered product certificate:
6. a current manufacturer’s certificate for a modular component:
7. a current national multiple-use approval issued under section 30F (including, in any particular case, any minor customisations permitted by regulations made under section 402(1)(kc)):
8. a code compliance certificate issued under section 95:
9. a recognition by the chief executive under section 272HA:
10. a certificate issued under any regulations made under the Electricity Act 1992 or the Gas Act 1992.

11. Subsection (3) applies if—

12. a building consent has been issued under section 72; and
13. the building consent authority has given a notification under section 73; and
14. the building consent authority has not given a notification under section 74(4) that it has determined that the entry made on the record of title of the land is no longer required; and
15. the building to which the building consent relates suffers damage arising directly or indirectly from a natural hazard.

16. The persons specified in subsection (4) are not liable in any civil proceedings brought by any person who has an interest in the building referred to in subsection (2) on the grounds that the building consent authority issued a building consent for the building in the knowledge that the building for which the consent was issued, or the land on which the building was situated, was, or was likely to be, subject to damage arising, directly or indirectly, from a natural hazard.

17. The persons are—

18. the building consent authority concerned; and
19. every member, employee, or agent of that building consent authority.

20. No civil proceedings may be brought against a building consent authority for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in reliance on a claim made by a manufacturer, importer, retailer, or wholesaler given under Part 4B that the relevant building product has been—

21. manufactured in accordance with a standard, or performs or will perform in accordance with a standard, that the Minister has recognised under section 272HB; and
22. certified as meeting the standard referred to in paragraph (a) under a standards certification scheme that the Minister has recognised under section 272HB.