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95A: Refusal to issue code compliance certificate
99A: Refusal of application for certificate of acceptance
104A: Territorial authority must issue statement in relation to compliance schedule
133A: Dams to which subpart 7 provisions apply
150A: Annual dam compliance certificate requirements not to apply to accredited dam owner
153A: Meaning of earthquake-prone dam and flood-prone dam
249A: Fees for audits
257A: Fees for audits
262A: Fees for audits
282A: Purposes of licensing building practitioners
62H: Grounds and terms and conditions of exemption
22: Minister is territorial authority in certain cases
146: Specific bylaw-making powers of territorial authorities
152: Effect of Building Act 2004 on bylaws
173: Power of entry in cases of emergency
183: Removal of fire hazards
186: Local authority may execute works if owner or occupier defaults
198: Power to require contributions for developments
199: Basis on which development contributions may be required
208: Powers of territorial authority if development contributions not paid or made
222: Provisions of Resource Management Act 1991 and Building Act 2004 continue to apply
223: Relationship with Fencing Act 1978
227: Offences relating to water meters
290: Development contributions
1: Short Title and commencement
4: Act not to interfere with agreements
5: Fencing covenants and agreements registrable
6: Registration of fencing covenants to expire after 12 years
7: Creation of fencing covenants
8: Fence not to encroach without consent or court order
9: Adjoining occupiers to share cost of fencing
9A: Contributions where Building Act 2004 requires pool to have means of restricting access
10: Notice to do work to be given
11: Objections to proposed fence
13: Where notices vary
14: Provision for doing work
15: Effect of change of occupier
16: Contribution where immediate work required
17: Liability for damage caused by occupier
18: Person taking advantage of fence
19: Fence erected when occupier of adjoining land exempt from liability therefor
21: Give and take fence
23: Proceedings to be in accordance with District Court Act 2016
24: Jurisdiction of the court
24A: Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunal
25: Power to come in and defend proceedings
26: Right of persons constructing fences to enter on adjoining land
28: Repeals and savings
Schedule 1: Forms
Schedule 2: Specimen types of fence
Schedule 3: Enactments repealed
402A: Chief executive must review regulations made under section 402(1)(kb)
10B: Certain existing building works allowed
37: Power of waiver and extension of time limits
411: Restriction on imposition of conditions as to financial contributions
30A: National multiple-use approval establishes compliance with building code
30B: How to apply for national multiple-use approval
30C: Applications for national multiple-use approval relating to design work that is restricted building work
30D: Chief executive must decide whether to accept, for processing, application for national multiple-use approval
30E: Processing application for national multiple-use approval
30F: Issue of national multiple-use approval
30G: Refusal to issue national multiple-use approval
30H: Suspension or revocation of national multiple-use approval
45A: Minor variations to building consents
45B: Changes to plans and specifications that have national multiple-use approval
23C: Notice in emergencies
79: Exemption for domestic electrical wiring work
80: Exemption for maintenance of domestic appliances
83: Power of entry
179: Certificate of compliance where prescribed electrical work covered by building consent
2: Commencement
3: Purposes
4: Principles to be applied in performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, under this Act
5: Overview
6: Act binds the Crown
7: Interpretation
8: Building: what it means and includes
9: Building: what it does not include
11: Role of chief executive
12: Role of building consent authority and territorial authority
13: Role of regional authority
14: Roles of building consent authorities, territorial authorities, and regional authorities in relation to dams
15: Outline of this Part
16: Building code: purpose
17: All building work must comply with building code
18: Building work not required to achieve performance criteria additional to or more restrictive than building code
19: How compliance with building code is established
20: Regulations may specify that there is only 1 means of complying with building code
21: What happens if regulations specifying that there is only 1 means of complying with building code are made or not made
22: Acceptable solution or verification method for use in establishing compliance with building code
23: Effect of acceptable solution or verification method
24: Chief executive may amend or revoke acceptable solution or verification method
25: Content of acceptable solution or verification method
25A: Acceptable solutions and verification methods to be available on Ministry's Internet site
26: Chief executive may issue warning about, or ban use of, building products or building methods
27: Offence to use building product or building method in breach of ban under section 26
28: Limits on certain powers of building consent authority in cases involving bans under section 26
29: Procedural requirements for acceptable solutions, verification methods, warnings, and bans
30: Procedural requirements for urgent acceptable solutions, verification methods, warnings, and bans
31: Building consent authority must apply for project information memorandum
32: Owner may apply for project information memorandum
33: Content of application
34: Issue of project information memorandum
35: Content of project information memorandum
36: Territorial authority may issue development contribution notice
37: Territorial authority must issue certificate if resource consent required
38: Territorial authority must give copy of project information memorandum in certain circumstances
39: Territorial authority must advise Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga in certain circumstances
40: Building work not to be carried out without consent
41: Building consent not required in certain cases
42: Owner must apply for certificate of acceptance if building work carried out urgently
43: Building consent not required for energy work
44: When to apply for building consent
45: How to apply for building consent
46: Copy of certain applications for building consent must be provided to Fire and Emergency New Zealand
47: Fire and Emergency New Zealand may give advice on applications under section 46
48: Processing application for building consent
49: Grant of building consent
50: Refusal of application for building consent
51: Issue of building consent
52: Lapse of building consent
53: Applicant for building consent liable to pay levy
54: Building consent authority must advise applicant of amount of levy payable
55: Exemption from levy
56: Payment of levy sufficient unless estimated value of building work changes
57: Payment of levy if building work completed in stages
58: Liability to pay levy: building consent authority
59: Liability to pay levy: territorial authority
60: Territorial authority may retain part of levy
61: Chief executive may recover unpaid levies from territorial authority
62: Territorial authority may recover unpaid levies from applicant for building consent
63: Chief executive may obtain information in order to assess amount of levy payable
64: Audit of issue of building consents for purpose of ascertaining payment of levy
66: Chief executive must review levy
67: Territorial authority may grant building consent subject to waivers or modifications of building code
68: Territorial authority must notify chief executive if waiver or modification granted
69: Waiver or modification may only be granted by chief executive in certain cases
70: Applications relating to energy work
71: Building on land subject to natural hazards
72: Building consent for building on land subject to natural hazards must be granted in certain cases
73: Conditions on building consents granted under section 72
74: Steps after notification
75: Construction of building on 2 or more allotments
76: Exemption from section 75
77: Building consent must not be granted until condition is imposed under section 75
83: Owner may apply for entry to be removed
84: Licensed building practitioner must carry out or supervise restricted building work
85: Offences relating to carrying out or supervising restricted building work
86: Offence to engage another person to carry out or supervise restricted building work if person is not licensed building practitioner
87: Owner must notify names of licensed building practitioners engaged in restricted building work
88: Licensed building practitioner to provide record of work in respect of restricted building work
89: Licensed building practitioner must notify building consent authority of breaches of building consent
90: Inspections by building consent authorities
91: Building consent authority that grants building consent to issue code compliance certificate
92: Application for code compliance certificate
93: Time in which building consent authority must decide whether to issue code compliance certificate
94: Matters for consideration by building consent authority in deciding issue of code compliance certificate
95: Issue of code compliance certificate
96: Territorial authority may issue certificate of acceptance in certain circumstances
97: How to apply for certificate of acceptance
98: Processing application for certificate of acceptance
99: Issue of certificate of acceptance
100: Requirement for compliance schedule
101: Owner must comply with requirement for compliance schedule
102: When compliance schedule must be issued
103: Content of compliance schedule
104: Building consent authority must notify territorial authority of issue of compliance schedule
105: Obligations of owner if compliance schedule is issued
106: Application by owner for amendment to compliance schedule
107: Territorial authority may amend compliance schedule on own initiative
108: Annual building warrant of fitness
109: Territorial authority must consider recommendation to amend compliance schedule
110: Owner must obtain reports on compliance schedule
111: Inspections by territorial authority
112: Alterations to existing buildings
113: Buildings with specified intended lives
114: Owner must give notice of change of use, extension of life, or subdivision of buildings
115: Code compliance requirements: change of use
116: Code compliance requirements: extension of life
116A: Code compliance requirements: subdivision
116B: Offence to use building for use for which it is not safe or not sanitary, or if it has inadequate means of escape from fire
117: Definition for sections 118 to 120
118: Access and facilities for persons with disabilities to and within buildings
119: Acceptable solution for requirements of persons with disabilities
120: Symbols of access must be displayed
121: Meaning of dangerous building
122: Meaning of earthquake-prone building
123: Meaning of insanitary building
124: Dangerous, affected, or insanitary buildings: powers of territorial authority
125: Requirements for notice requiring building work or restricting entry
126: Territorial authority may carry out work
127: Building work includes demolition of building
128: Prohibition on using dangerous, affected, or insanitary building
129: Measures to avoid immediate danger or to fix insanitary conditions
130: Territorial authority must apply to District Court for confirmation of warrant
131: Territorial authority must adopt policy on dangerous and insanitary buildings
132: Adoption and review of policy
133: Application of this subpart to dams
134: When owner must classify dam
135: Owner must provide classification of, and certificate for, dam to regional authority
136: Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam classification
137: Dam classification provided to regional authority by accredited dam owner deemed to have been approved
138: Regional authority must require re-audit of dam classification that it refuses to approve
139: Owner must review dam classification
141: Content of dam safety assurance programme
142: Owner must provide dam safety assurance programme to regional authority
143: Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam safety assurance programme
144: Dam safety assurance programme provided to regional authority by accredited dam owner deemed to have been approved
145: Regional authority must require re-audit of dam safety assurance programme that it refuses to approve
146: Review of dam safety assurance programme
147: Requirements of sections 140 to 142 relate to amendments to dam safety assurance programme
148: Obligations of owner in relation to dam safety assurance programme
149: Who is recognised engineer
150: Owner of dam must supply annual dam compliance certificate
153: Meaning of dangerous dam
154: Powers of regional authorities in respect of dangerous dams
155: Requirements for notice given under section 154
156: Regional authority may carry out work
157: Measures to avoid immediate danger
158: Regional authority must apply to District Court for confirmation of warrant
159: Building work includes decommissioning and demolition of dam
160: Power of regional authority not limited
161: Regional authority must adopt policy on dangerous dams, earthquake-prone dams, and flood-prone dams
163: Definitions for this subpart
164: Issue of notice to fix
165: Form and content of notice to fix
166: Special provisions for notices to fix from building consent authority
167: Inspection of building work under notice to fix
168: Offence not to comply with notice to fix
169: Chief executive must monitor current and emerging trends in building design, etc, and must report annually to Minister
170: Chief executive must consult in performing certain functions
171: Chief executive may seek advice from building advisory panel
172: Appointment of building advisory panel
173: Function of panel
175: Chief executive may publish guidance information
176: Meaning of party
177: Application for determination
178: Requirements for application for determination
179: Chief executive may refuse application for determination
181: Chief executive may make determination on own initiative
182: No proceedings until determination made
183: Decision or exercise of power suspended until determination made
184: Chief executive must decide whether to make determination
185: When determination must be completed
187: Chief executive may engage persons to assist with determination
188: Determination by chief executive
189: Clarification of determination
190: Parties' costs
191: Chief executive may enter person's name in register of building consent authorities
192: Criteria for registration
193: Effect of registration
194: Application for registration
195: Chief executive must decide application for registration
196: Registration continuous so long as person meets criteria for registration
197: Consequences of failure to meet criteria for registration
198: Effect of suspension
199: Offence to perform functions of building consent authority if not authorised
200: Interpretation
201: Grounds for disciplinary action
202: Complaints may be made to chief executive
204: Special powers of chief executive for monitoring performance of functions under this Act
205: Limits on power to enter land or building
208: Appeals to District Court
209: Procedure for commencing appeal
212: Territorial authority must act as building consent authority for its district
213: Territorial authority may make arrangements relating to functions of building consent authority
214: How liability apportioned if territorial authority makes arrangements relating to functions of building consent authority
215: Territorial authority must gain accreditation and be registered
216: Territorial authority must keep information about buildings
217: Access to certain information kept by territorial authority
218: Territorial authority must provide information to chief executive for purpose of facilitating performance of chief executive's function under sections 169 and 169A
219: Territorial authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy
220: Territorial authority may carry out building work on default
221: Recovery of costs when territorial authority carries out work on default
222: Inspections by territorial authority
223: Duty to assist inspections
224: Warrant must be produced
225: Offence to impersonate authorised officer
226: Restriction on entry to household unit
227: District Court may authorise entry to household unit
228: Authorised officer must give notice to occupier of household unit
229: Authorisation of enforcement officers
230: Conditions of authorisation
231: Offence to impersonate enforcement officer
232: Delegation of powers by territorial authority and its officers
233: Transfer of functions, duties, or powers of territorial authority
235: Territorial authorities may agree on terms of transfer
237: Application of subpart
238: Duties of building consent authority
239: Building consent authority must provide information to chief executive
240: Building consent authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy
241: Regional authority must gain accreditation and be registered
242: Regional authority must provide information to chief executive
243: Regional authorities may impose fee or charge and recover costs, and must collect levy
248: Chief executive may appoint building consent accreditation body
249: Requirements for building consent accreditation body
250: Accreditation
251: Criteria for accreditation
252: Scope of accreditation of building consent authority that is not territorial authority
253: Application for accreditation
254: Revocation of accreditation
255: Building consent accreditation body must notify chief executive of grant and revocation of accreditation
257: Requirements for dam owner accreditation body
258: Accreditation
259: Revocation of accreditation
261: Chief executive may appoint product certification accreditation body
262: Requirements for product certification accreditation body
263: Accreditation of product certification body
264: Suspension or revocation of accreditation
265: Application for accreditation
266: Suspension or revocation of accreditation
267: Product certification accreditation body must notify chief executive of grant, suspension, lifting of suspension, or revocation of accreditation
268: Application for product certificate
269: Product certificates
270: Annual review of product certificate
271: Suspension or revocation of product certificate
272: Notification to chief executive by registered PCB
273: Chief executive must keep registers
274: Purpose of registers
275: Content of register of building consent authorities
276: Review of territorial authorities
277: Non-performance by territorial authority
279: Effect of appointment
282: Definitions for this Part
283: Specified procedure for making decisions
284: Other procedure for making decisions
285: Licensing classes may be designated by regulations
286: Entitlement to be licensed
288: Registrar to license applicant or decline application
289: Duty to produce evidence of being licensed
291: Automatic licensing of people registered under other enactments
292: Licensed building practitioner must meet applicable minimum standards for licensing to continue
293: Consequences of failure to meet applicable minimum standards for licensing
296: Voluntary licensing suspension
297: Effect of licensing suspension
298: Register of licensed building practitioners
299: Purpose of register
300: Form of register
301: Matters to be contained in register
305: Search of register
306: Search criteria
309: Search fees
310: Appointment of Registrar of Licensed Building Practitioners
311: Functions of Registrar
314: Offences relating to licensing
315: Complaints about licensed building practitioners
316: Board must investigate complaints
317: Grounds for discipline of licensed building practitioners
320: Payment and application of charges, fines, and other money
330: Right of appeal
334: Actions to have effect pending determination of appeal
335: Procedure on appeal
336: Appeal authority's decision final
338: Orders as to costs
340: Appeal on question of law
341: Establishment of Board
342: Capacity and powers
343: Board's functions
353: Rules relating to licensed building practitioners
354: Chief executive to prepare proposed rules
355: Particular requirements for preparation of rules containing LBP standards
356: Rules to be approved by Board
357: Revision of rules
359: Requirements of sections 355 to 358 relate to amendments and revocations by Board
361: Rules made when approved by Minister
362: Status of rules
362W: Premises in respect of which duty arises under section 363
363: Protecting safety of members of public using premises open to public or intended for public use
363A: Public use of premises may be allowed before issue of code compliance certificate in some circumstances
363B: Application of section 363 to building work where consent granted, or work begun, before 31 March 2005
363C: Section 363 does not apply to building work commenced before 31 March 2005
364: Offence for residential property developer to transfer household unit without code compliance certificate
365: Offence to fail to comply with direction of authorised person
366: Offence to impersonate building consent authority or regional authority, etc
367: Offence to obstruct execution of powers under this Act
368: Offence to remove or deface notices
369: Offence to make false or misleading statement
370: Interpretation
372: Issue of infringement notices
374: Payment of infringement fees
377: Filing charging document
378: Time limit for filing charging document
379: Offence under more than 1 enactment
380: What constitutes continuing offence
381: District Court may grant injunctions for certain continuing breaches
382: Terms of injunction or order
383: District Court may direct chief executive to make determination
385: Application of section 381 to Crown organisation
388: Strict liability and defences
390: Civil proceedings may not be brought against chief executive, employees, etc
391: Civil proceedings against building consent authorities
392: Building consent authority not liable
393: Limitation defences
395: Notices in relation to Māori land
396: Application of sections 397 to 399
397: Implied warranties for building work in relation to household units
398: Proceedings for breach of warranties may be taken by person who was not party to contract for building work
399: Person may not give away benefit of warranties
400: Regulations: building code
401: Regulations: acceptable solutions, verifications, etc, that must be complied with in order to comply with building code
402: Regulations: general
403: Consultation requirements for making certain regulations and other Orders in Council
404: Certain regulations must not come into force earlier than specified date
405: Incorporation of material by reference into certain instruments, solutions, and methods
406: Effect of amendments to, or replacement of, material incorporated by reference
407: Proof of material incorporated by reference
410: Access to material incorporated by reference
412: Application of Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 to material incorporated by reference
413: Application of Standards and Accreditation Act 2015 not affected
414: Amendments to other enactments
415: Repeal
416: Outline of transitional provisions
420: Protection from civil liability for members, building referees, and employees of Authority continued
424: References to Authority
426: Validation of levy
427: Validation of past expenditure of levy
428: Validation of accumulation of levy
429: Transitional provision for matters of doubt or dispute relating to building control under former Act
430: Transitional provision for building levy under former Act
431: Transitional provision for rate of building levy under this Act
432: Transitional provision for certain applications
433: Transitional provision for building consents granted under former Act
435: Transitional provision for notices issued under former Act
436: Transitional provision for code compliance certificates in respect of building work carried out under building consent granted under former Act
437: Transitional provision for issue of certificate of acceptance
438: Transitional provision for code compliance certificates and compliance schedules issued under former Act
439: Transitional provision for document used in establishing compliance with building code
440: Transitional provision for applications for approval as building certifier under former Act
441: Transitional provision for applications for continuation or renewal of approval as building certifier under former Act
442: Meaning of approved building certifier
443: Approved building certifiers have until 31 May 2006 to apply to be registered as building consent authority
444: What happens if approved building certifier applies to be registered as building consent authority by 31 May 2006
445: What happens if approved building certifier does not apply to be registered as building consent authority by 31 May 2006
446: Certain provisions of former Act apply for purposes of sections 444 and 445
447: Transitional provision for certificate of accreditation issued under former Act
448: Transitional provision for proceedings under former Act
449: Territorial authorities and regional authorities must apply to be registered by 31 May 2006
450: When territorial authority may and must act as building consent authority during transition to this Act
451: Chief executive must review building code
Schedule 2: Buildings in respect of which requirement for provision of access and facilities for persons with disabilities applies
Schedule 4: Enactments amended
61A: Trusts for recreational and similar purposes
14A: Outline of responsibilities under this Act
14B: Responsibilities of owner
14C: Responsibilities of owner-builder
14D: Responsibilities of designer
14E: Responsibilities of builder
14F: Responsibilities of building consent authority
87A: Notices to building consent authority when owner-builder carries out restricted building work
90A: Purpose of this subpart
90B: Meaning of owner-builder
90C: Meaning of relevant interest
90D: Owner-builder exemption
102A: Procedure for obtaining compliance schedule where building consent not required
168A: Chief executive's functions in relation to this Act
281A: What fees and charges may be imposed
281B: Authority may increase fee or charge to meet additional cost
281C: Authority may waive or refund fee or charge
281D: Validity of previous fees, charges, and additional costs
314B: Licensed building practitioner must work within competence
401A: Regulations: building consents and consent completion certificates
401B: Order in Council declaring work to be restricted building work
EZ 23D: Insurance for Canterbury earthquake damage of property: limit on depreciation recovery income
14G: Responsibilities of product manufacturer or supplier
42A: Building work for which building consent is not required under Schedule 1
121A: Meaning of affected building
128A: Offences in relation to dangerous, affected, or insanitary buildings
132A: Policy must take into account affected buildings
133B: Measurement of dams
134A: Regional authority may require owner to classify referable dam
134B: Method of classification
134BA: Classification of dams that are canals
135A: Certifying engineer must notify regional authority and owner if dam dangerous
148A: Dam safety assurance programme for dams that are canals
148B: Dam safety assurance programme for 2 or more dams forming single reservoir
153B: Owner must notify regional authority of dangerous dam
207A: Power to require information or documents
207B: Offence to fail to provide information or documents
371A: Who may issue infringement notices
371B: Authorisation to issue infringement notice
371D: Offence to impersonate enforcement officer
Schedule 1: Building work for which building consent not required
CZ 29: Accommodation expenditure: Canterbury earthquake relief
199M: Residual powers of territorial authority relating to development contribution objection decision
199P: Interim effect of development contribution objection
99AA: Withholding certificate of acceptance
199G: Removal of development contributions commissioners
202A: Reconsideration process to be in development contributions policy
175A: Chief executive may provide dispute resolution services
362A: Outline of this Part
362B: Meaning of building work and residential building contract
362D: Building contractor must provide information before residential building contract entered into
362E: Purpose of regulations under section 362D
362F: Minimum requirements for residential building contract over certain value
362G: Regulations may prescribe content, etc of residential building contract
362H: When provisions relating to implied warranties apply
362I: Implied warranties for building work in relation to household units
362J: Proceedings for breach of warranties may be taken by non-party to contract
362K: Person may not give away benefit of warranties
362L: Remedies for breach of implied warranty
362M: Remedies if breach of warranty can be remedied
362N: Remedies if breach of warranty cannot be remedied or breach is substantial
362O: Meaning of substantial breach
362P: Rules applying to cancellation
362Q: Building contractor or on-seller must remedy defect notified within 1 year of completion
362R: Definitions for purposes of section 362Q
362S: Exclusion of liability for event not attributable to fault of building contractor or on-seller
362T: Building contractor must provide prescribed information and documentation on completion of residential building work
362U: Purpose of regulations under section 362T(2)
362V: Offence for commercial on-seller to transfer household unit without code compliance certificate
198AB: Excluded time periods relating to provision of further information
EZ 70: Insurance for Canterbury earthquake damage of property: treatment as disposal and reacquisition
EZ 71: Insurance for Canterbury earthquake damage of property: limit on depreciation recovery income
138A: Regulations in respect of smoke alarms
138B: Healthy homes standards
67A: Territorial authority may grant waivers or modifications in relation to means of restricting access to residential pools
162A: Purpose
162B: Application of subpart
162C: Residential pools must have means of restricting access
162D: Periodic inspections of residential pools
162E: Manufacturers and retailers must supply notice
450A: Transitional and savings provision for residential pools
450B: Savings provision for existing residential pools
EZ 23BC: Property acquired after depreciable property affected by Hurunui/Kaikōura earthquakes
EZ 79: Insurance for Hurunui/Kaikōura earthquake damage of property: limit on depreciation recovery income
133AS: Territorial authority may carry out seismic work
169A: Chief executive must monitor application and effectiveness of subpart 6A of Part 2 (earthquake-prone buildings)
133AM: Deadline for completing seismic work
133AN: Owner may apply for exemption from requirement to carry out seismic work
133AO: Owners of certain heritage buildings may apply for extension of time to complete seismic work
133AK: Territorial authority must determine whether building is earthquake prone
133AL: Territorial authority must issue EPB notice for earthquake-prone buildings
133AT: Alterations to buildings subject to EPB notice
275B: Modification of chief executive’s obligation to make EPB register available for public inspection
133AB: Meaning of earthquake-prone building
133AV: Chief executive must set methodology for identifying earthquake-prone buildings (EPB methodology)
5A: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
401C: Regulations: earthquake-prone buildings
133AA: Buildings to which this subpart applies
Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
133AC: Meaning of earthquake rating
133AD: Meaning of low, medium, and high seismic risk
133AE: Meaning of priority building
133AG: Territorial authority must identify potentially earthquake-prone buildings
133AF: Role of territorial authority in identifying certain priority buildings
133AI: Obligations of owners on receiving request for engineering assessment
133AJ: Owners may apply for extension of time to provide engineering assessment
133AH: Territorial authority must request engineering assessment of potentially earthquake-prone buildings
133AY: What territorial authority must do if definition of ultimate capacity or moderate earthquake amended
133AQ: Territorial authority may assess information relating to earthquake-prone building status at any time
133AP: EPB notices and EPB exemption notices to be attached to earthquake-prone buildings
133AR: Territorial authority may impose safety requirements
133AW: Consultation requirements for setting EPB methodology
133AX: Notification and availability of EPB methodology
123A: Application of this subpart to parts of buildings
133AU: Offences in relation to earthquake-prone buildings
275A: Content of EPB register
360G: Regulations relating to fast-track applications
138C: Regulations in respect of contaminants and contaminated premises
123CA: Programmes of inspections to monitor and assess compliance with healthy homes standards
123B: Buildings in areas designated under subpart 6B
133BA: Purpose of this subpart
133BB: Definitions
133BC: Designation of areas to which this subpart applies
133BD: Decisions about designations (other than termination)
133BE: Public notice of designation
133BF: Commencement and duration of designation
133BG: Periodic review of designation
133BH: Extension of designation
133BI: Termination of designation
133BJ: Responsible persons may exercise powers under this subpart
133BK: CDEM Act officers as responsible persons
133BL: Powers under this subpart take precedence over CDEM Act powers
133BM: Effect of previously issued CDEM Act notices
133BN: Principles for exercise of powers
133BO: Power to enter building or land
133BP: Exercise of powers in secured buildings
133BQ: Post-event assessments
133BR: Evacuation
133BS: Measures to keep people at safe distance and protect building
133BT: Notices and signs on buildings
133BU: Owner directed to give information
133BV: Urgent works to remove or reduce risks
133BW: Works to remove or reduce other risks
133BX: Works for long-term use or occupation of building
133BY: Resource consent not required for certain works
133BZ: Sharing of information
133BZA: Application of subparts 6, 6A, and 7 in designated areas
153AA: Buildings in areas designated under subpart 6B
207C: Investigation of building failure
207D: Powers of investigation: purpose and investigation site
207E: Limits to powers of investigation
207F: Assistance with investigation
207G: Power to secure investigation site
207H: Power to enter investigation site
207I: Power to enter household unit
207J: Power to inspect and take samples and evidence
207K: Power to carry out works
207L: Power to require assistance
207M: Power to require information or documents
207N: Restrictions on sharing evidence or information
207O: Sharing evidence or information with occupational bodies
207P: Report with findings of investigation
207Q: Offence to interfere with investigation site
207R: Offence to access investigation site despite restriction or prohibition
207S: Offence to obstruct investigation or fail to provide information or document
88H: Excluded time periods relating to non-payment of administrative charges
220: Special absence rule: winter energy payment
77M: Effect of incorporation of MDRS in district plan on new applications for resource consents and on some existing designations
Schedule 3A: MDRS to be incorporated by specified territorial authorities
9A: Meaning of building product
9B: Meaning of building method
203A: Chief executive may initiate investigation
203B: Investigation
203C: Disciplinary powers of chief executive
207BA: Sharing of information
207BB: Powers of entry and inspection
207BC: Power to enter household unit or marae
267A: Registration of product certification body
267B: Audit of registered PCB
267C: Suspension of registration of PCB
267D: Lifting of suspension of registration of PCB
267E: Revocation of registration of PCB
272A: Registration of product certificates
272B: Suspension of registration of product certificate
272C: Lifting of suspension of registration of product certificate
272D: Revocation of registration of product certificate
272E: Product certification scheme rules
272F: Procedure for making product certification scheme rules
272G: Offence to misrepresent status as product certification body
272H: Offence to misrepresent product certificate
272I: Appointment of modular component manufacturer certification accreditation body
272J: Accreditation of modular component manufacturer certification body
272K: Audit of accredited MCMCB
272L: Suspension or revocation of accreditation of MCMCB
272M: Notification to chief executive by MCMC accreditation body
272N: Registration of modular component manufacturer certification body
272O: Audit of registered MCMCB
272P: Suspension of registration of MCMCB
272Q: Lifting of suspension of registration of MCMCB
272R: Revocation of registration of MCMCB
272S: Urgent suspension of registration of MCMCB
272T: Investigation following urgent suspension
272U: Certification of modular component manufacturer
272V: Audit of certified MCM
272W: Suspension or revocation of certification of MCM
272X: Notification to chief executive by registered MCMCB
272Y: Registration of modular component manufacturer
272Z: Audit of registered MCM
272ZA: Suspension of registration of MCM
272ZB: Lifting of suspension of registration of MCM
272ZC: Revocation of registration of MCM
272ZD: Urgent suspension of registration of MCM
272ZF: Registered MCM may issue certificate for modular components
272ZG: MCM scheme rules
272ZH: Procedure for making MCM scheme rules
272ZI: Offence to misrepresent status
272ZJ: Offence to misrepresent modular component as manufactured by registered MCM
362VA: Building product information requirements may be prescribed
362VB: Failure to comply with building product information requirements an offence
362VC: False or misleading representations in relation to building products
362VD: Defences for offences against sections 362VB and 362VC
362VE: Notice to take corrective action
362VF: Compliance with notice to take corrective action
CZ 29B: Accommodation expenditure: North Island flooding events
EZ 23BE: Property acquired after depreciable property affected by North Island flooding events
EZ 86: Insurance for North Island flooding event damage causing disposal: optional timing rule for income, deductions
EZ 87: Insurance for repairs of North Island flooding event damage: optional timing rule for income, deductions
This project is an experiment to take difficult language, and make it easier to read and understand for everyone.
What’s our process for taking the law and turning it into plain language?
Laws are often hard to read. They use a lot of words and language we don’t usually use when we talk.
What are the good and bad sides of using AI?
We hope that this information will help people understand New Zealand laws. But we think that it’s important you talk to someone who understands the law well if you have questions or are worried about something.
You can talk to Community Law or Citizen’s Advice Bureau about your rights.
Remember that AI can make mistakes, and just reading the law isn’t enough to understand how it could be used in court.
