New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12 Role of building consent authority and territorial authority

• (1) Under this Act, a building consent authority—

  • (a) issues building consents, but not if a building consent is required to be subject to a waiver or modification of the building code; and

  • (b) inspects building work for which it has granted a building consent; and

  • (c) issues notices to fix; and

  • (d) issues code compliance certificates; and

  • (e) issues compliance schedules.

  (2) Under this Act, a territorial authority—

  • (a) performs the functions of a building consent authority set out in subsection (1)(a) (including the issue of building consents subject to a waiver or modification of the building code) if—

    • (i) the territorial authority is also a building consent authority; and

    • (ii) an owner applies to the territorial authority for a building consent; and

  • (b) issues project information memoranda; and

  • (c) grants exemptions under Schedule 1; and

  • (d) grants waivers and modifications of the building code; and

  • (e) issues certificates of acceptance; and

  • (f) issues and amends compliance schedules; and

  • (g) administers annual building warrants of fitness; and

  • (h) enforces the provisions relating to annual building warrants of fitness; and

  • (i) decides the extent to which buildings must comply with the building code when—

    • (i) they are altered; or

    • (ii) their use is changed; or

    • (iii) their specified intended life changes; and

  • (j) performs functions relating to dangerous, earthquake-prone, or insanitary buildings; and

  • (k) carries out any other functions and duties specified in this Act; and

  • (l) carries out any functions that are incidental and related to, or consequential upon, the functions set out in paragraphs (a) to (k).