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Building Act 2004

Building product information requirements

362VA: Building product information requirements may be prescribed

You could also call this:

“Rules can be made about what information needs to be shared about building products.”

You need to know that rules can be made about information for building products. These rules can say what information must be shared, who needs to share it, and when they need to share it.

The information might be about the product itself, who makes or sells it, how to use it, and any warnings about it. The rules can also say how this information should be shared and kept.

These rules can be different for different products or different people who make or sell them. They can be made for one product or a group of products.

The government can make these rules using section 402(1)(xg) of the Building Act.

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Part 4B Building product information requirements

362VABuilding product information requirements may be prescribed

  1. Regulations may be made under section 402(1)(xg) prescribing information requirements for a building product.

  2. The information requirements for a building product may specify—

  3. what information must be disclosed in relation to the building product; and
    1. who must disclose the information and to whom; and
      1. when the information must be disclosed.

        1. Without limiting subsection (2)(a), the information to be disclosed may include information relating to—

        2. the building product:
          1. the manufacturer, supplier, or other person connected with the supply of the building product:
            1. the installation, use, maintenance, or disposal of the building product:
              1. any warnings, bans, or other restrictions in force in relation to the building product.

                1. The information requirements for a building product may also specify any of the following:

                2. the form and manner in which information must be disclosed:
                  1. how information must be obtained or verified before it is disclosed:
                    1. requirements for reviewing and updating information:
                      1. requirements for retaining copies of, or keeping records about, information:
                        1. any other requirements that are necessary or desirable to administer and enforce compliance with the information requirements.

                          1. Regulations prescribing information requirements for building products—

                          2. may prescribe requirements for a particular building product or a class or classes of building products:
                            1. may prescribe different requirements for different building products or classes of building products:
                              1. may prescribe different requirements for different manufacturers, suppliers, or other persons, or classes of such persons:
                                1. may otherwise make different provision for different cases on any differential basis.

                                  Notes
                                  • Section 362VA: inserted, on , by section 84 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).