(1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations that prescribe—
(a) acceptable solutions or verification methods, or both, that must be used to comply with the building code; and
(b) the particular circumstances in which those acceptable solutions or verification methods, or both, must be used; and
(c) the circumstances in which building methods or products that have a current product certificate issued under section 269 must be used.
(2) Any regulations made under subsection (1) must state whether those regulations apply to building work for which a building consent has been issued, but for which a code compliance certificate has not been issued.