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438: Transitional provision for code compliance certificates and compliance schedules issued under former Act
or “Old building safety papers still work with the new rules”
You could also call this:

“Rules for how old building documents can still be used to show a building follows the rules”

You need to know about a rule for documents that were used to show buildings followed the building code before this law started. If someone made or approved a document to check if buildings followed the code, and it wasn’t cancelled, it’s still okay to use. From when this law begins, you should treat that old document as if it’s a new ‘acceptable solution’ or a way to check if a building follows the rules. This means you can still use the old document to show your building is okay, even though the rules have changed.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions: Other transitional provisions

439Transitional provision for document used in establishing compliance with building code

  1. This section applies if, before the commencement of this section,—

  2. a document for use in establishing compliance with the building code has been prepared or approved under section 49(1) of the former Act; and
    1. in a case where that document has been approved, the approval has not been withdrawn under section 49(6) of that Act.

      1. On and from the commencement of this section, the document referred to in subsection (1) must be treated as if it were an acceptable solution or a verification method.

      Notes
      • Section 439(2): amended, on , by section 72 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).