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362T: Building contractor must provide prescribed information and documentation on completion of residential building work
or “When builders finish house work, they must give important papers to the homeowner and sometimes the local council.”
You could also call this:

“These rules make sure homeowners know who built their house and how to take care of it.”

The regulations made under section 362T(2) are meant to make sure that you, as the owner of a building, and anyone who owns the building in the future, know who did the building work. These rules also help you get information about how to look after the building over time.

The information and documents that these rules require might include:

  • Details about who the building contractor is
  • Any guarantees or insurance that the building contractor got for the work they did
  • Information about how to take care of the products used in the building

This helps you understand who did the work on your building, what protections you have, and how to keep your building in good condition for a long time.

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Next up: 362V: Offence for commercial on-seller to transfer household unit without code compliance certificate

or “If you sell a house you built or fixed up, you can't let the buyer move in until it's checked and approved.”
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Part 4A Consumer rights and remedies in relation to residential building work
Information and documentation to be provided on completion of residential building contract

362UPurpose of regulations under section 362T(2)

  1. The purpose of regulations prescribing information and documentation under section 362T(2) is to ensure that the owner and future owners of the building have knowledge of who carried out the building work and access to information or knowledge about the ongoing maintenance requirements of the building, and the prescribed information and documentation may include (but is not limited to) information and documentation relating to the following:

  2. the identity of the building contractor:
    1. any guarantee or insurance obtained by the building contractor in relation to the building work:
      1. maintenance requirements for any products incorporated in the building.

        Notes
        • Section 362U: inserted, on , by section 56 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).