Building Act 2004

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42C: Purpose of section 42B(4)

You could also call this:

"Who did the building work on your small house?"

The purpose of section 42B(4) is to ensure you know who did the building work on a small stand-alone dwelling. You need to know who did the work and how to maintain the building. The law does not require the territorial authority to check the information given to them under section 42B(4). You should be aware of this when dealing with building consents.

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42B: Building work for which building consent is not required under Schedule 1A, or

"Building work that doesn't need a consent"

43: Building consent not required for energy work, or

"You don't need permission for most energy work, but some special cases still need approval."

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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Building consents

42CPurpose of section 42B(4)

The purpose of section 42B(4) is to ensure that the owner and future owners of a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling know who carried out the building work, sanitary plumbing, drainlaying, electrical, and gasfitting work, as applicable, and have access to information or knowledge about the ongoing maintenance requirements of the building.
Section 42B(4) does not place a territorial authority under any duty or obligation to assess or inquire into any information supplied to it under that provision.

Notes

Section 42C: inserted, on 15 January 2026, by section 15 of the Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 59).