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400: Regulations: building code
or “Rules for how buildings should work and be safe, made by important people in the government”
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“Rules about how to build things properly and safely that everyone must follow.”

The Governor-General can make rules about how to follow the building code. These rules can say what solutions or ways to check things are okay to use. They can also say when you have to use these solutions or checks. The rules might say when you need to use building products or methods that have a special certificate.

If the Governor-General makes these rules, they need to say if the rules apply to building work that has started but isn’t finished yet.

These rules are a special kind of law. You can find out how they are shared with everyone by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Next up: 401A: Regulations: building consents and consent completion certificates

or “Rules about getting permission to build things and how to check if they're done properly”
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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous: Regulations

401Regulations: acceptable solutions, verifications, etc, that must be complied with in order to comply with building code

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations that prescribe—

  2. acceptable solutions or verification methods, or both, that must be used to comply with the building code; and
    1. the particular circumstances in which those acceptable solutions or verification methods, or both, must be used; and
      1. the circumstances in which building products or building methods that have a current registered product certificate must be used.

        1. Any regulations made under subsection (1) must state whether those regulations apply to building work for which a building consent has been issued, but for which a code compliance certificate has not been issued.

        2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

        Notes
        • Section 401(1)(c): replaced, on , by section 94 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
        • Section 401(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).