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Building Act 2004

Preliminary provisions - Interpretation - Meanings of building product and building method

9B: Meaning of building method

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"What is a building method in the Building Act 2004?"

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In the Building Act 2004, a building method is a way of using products or things to do building work. You can also think of it as a way of doing building work that the Governor-General says is a building method. The Governor-General can declare that a certain method is or is not a building method by making an Order in Council, which is a type of secondary legislation (see https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7298343 for publication requirements).

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Interpretation: Meanings of building product and building method

9BMeaning of building method

  1. In this Act, building method means a method—

  2. for using 1 or more products or things as part of building work; or
    1. for carrying out building work that is declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be a building method.

      1. However, a method that would otherwise be a building method under subsection (1)(a) is not a building method if it is declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council not to be a building method.

      2. An Order in Council made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 9B: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).