Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities relating to product certification - Recognition of building products or building methods certified under overseas product certification scheme

272HA: Recognition of building products or building methods certified under overseas product certification scheme

You could also call this:

"Using overseas building products or methods in New Zealand that meet certain standards"

The chief executive can say that some building products or methods from overseas are okay to use in New Zealand. You need to know that this only happens if the chief executive thinks they meet certain standards. The chief executive also needs to think that the overseas scheme that certified the products or methods is good enough.

If the chief executive says some products or methods are okay, you can use them and it will be like you followed all the building rules. But you must follow any rules or limits that come with the chief executive's decision. The chief executive will make a public notice about which products or methods are recognised, and this notice is a type of law, see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for how it is published, which you can find at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7298343.

You should be aware that there are rules about how this notice is made public. The notice will say which products or methods are recognised and what rules or limits apply. This helps you know what you can and cannot do when using these products or methods.

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This page was last updated on 14 August 2025

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272H: Offence to misrepresent product certificate, or

"It's against the law to falsely claim a product has been approved or certified when it hasn't."

272HB: Recognition of overseas standards and of standards certification schemes, or

"The Minister can approve safety rules from other countries to help keep people safe in New Zealand."

Part 3Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to product certification: Recognition of building products or building methods certified under overseas product certification scheme

272HARecognition of building products or building methods certified under overseas product certification scheme

The chief executive may, by notice, recognise 1 or more, or 1 or more groups of, building products or building methods that are certified under an overseas product certification scheme.
Subsection (1) applies only if the chief executive is satisfied that—
the building products or building methods meet any criteria prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and
the overseas product certification scheme meets any criteria prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

A person who uses building products or building methods that are (or are in a group that is) recognised under subsection (1) must, for the purposes of this Act, be treated as having complied with all provisions of the building code that are relevant to the intended use.
Subsection (3) applies only to the extent that the person complies with any limitations or conditions of the recognition that are set out in the notice.
A notice under subsection (1) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 272HA: inserted, on 8 August 2025, by section 13 of the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 19).