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Building Act 2004

Preliminary provisions - Outline of responsibilities under this Act

14B: Responsibilities of owner

You could also call this:

“Property owners must follow rules, get approvals, and make sure building work is done properly”

As an owner, you have important responsibilities when it comes to building work. You need to get all the necessary consents, approvals, and certificates before starting any building work. If you’re doing the building work yourself, you must make sure it follows the building consent. If you don’t have a building consent, your work still needs to meet the building code. It’s also your job to make sure you follow any notices to fix that you might receive. These notices tell you about things that need to be corrected in your building work.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions
Outline of responsibilities under this Act

14BResponsibilities of owner

  1. An owner is responsible for—

  2. obtaining any necessary consents, approvals, and certificates:
    1. ensuring that building work carried out by the owner complies with the building consent or, if there is no building consent, with the building code:
      1. ensuring compliance with any notices to fix.

        Notes
        • Section 14B: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).