1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal Act amended

4 Commencement

5 Principles to be applied in performing functions, duties, or exercising powers, under this Act

6 Interpretation

7 Building: what it does not include

8 Roles of building consent authorities, territorial authorities, and regional authorities in relation to dams

9 Compliance documents to be available on Ministry’s website

10 Content of project information memorandum

11 How to apply for building consent

12 Waiver or modification may only be granted by chief executive in certain cases

13 Building consent for building on land subject to natural hazards must be granted in certain cases

14 Conditions on building consents granted under section 72

15 Licensed building practitioner must carry out or supervise restricted building work

16 Offences relating to carrying out or supervising restricted building work

17 Offence to engage another person to carry out or supervise restricted building work if person is not licensed building practitioner

18 Licensed building practitioner to certify restricted building work

19 Application for code compliance certificate

20 New section 95A inserted

21 New section 99A inserted

22 Content of compliance schedule

23 New section 104A inserted

24 Annual building warrant of fitness

25 Owner must obtain reports on compliance schedule

26 Buildings with specified intended lives

27 Access symbol must be displayed

28 New heading and section 133A inserted

29 Review of dam safety assurance programme

30 New section 150A inserted

31 Meaning of dangerous dam

32 New section 153A inserted

33 Regional authority must adopt policy on dangerous dams

34 Form and content of notice to fix

35 Special provisions for notices to fix from building consent authority

36 Application for determination

37 Heading above section 191 amended

38 Effect of suspension

39 Appeals to District Court

40 Territorial authority must keep information about buildings

41 Heading to subpart 3 of Part 3 amended

42 New heading and section 249A inserted

43 Accreditation

44 Application for accreditation

45 New heading and section 257A inserted

46 Accreditation

47 New heading and section 262A inserted

48 Accreditation

49 Application for accreditation

50 New section 266 substituted

51 Product certification accreditation body must notify chief executive of grant or revocation of accreditation

52 New section 271 substituted

53 Product certification body must notify chief executive of issue and revocation of certificate

54 Definitions for this Part

55 New heading and section 282A inserted

56 New heading and section 285 substituted

57 Entitlement to licence

58 Applications for licence

59 Registrar to license applicant or decline application

60 Duty to produce evidence of issue of licence

61 New section 290 substituted

62 Automatic licensing of people registered under other enactments

63 Licensed building practitioner must meet applicable minimum standards for licensing to continue to be licensed

64 Consequences of failure to meet applicable minimum standards for licensing

65 New heading above section 294 substituted

66 Cancellation of licence

67 Mandatory suspension of licence

68 Voluntary suspension of licence

69 Effect of suspension of licence

70 Register of licensed building practitioners

71 Purpose of register

72 Form of register

73 Matters to be contained in register

74 Obligation to notify Registrar of change in circumstances

75 Registrar must contact licensed building practitioners on annual basis

76 Functions of Registrar

77 Certificate of Registrar to be conclusive evidence

78 Offences relating to licensing

79 Board must investigate complaints

80 Grounds for discipline of licensed building practitioners

81 Disciplinary penalties

82 Non-payment of fines or costs

83 Right of appeal

84 Form and content of annual report

85 Rules relating to licensed building practitioners

86 District Court may grant injunctions for certain continuing breaches

87 Regulations: general

88 Incorporation of material by reference into regulations and compliance document

89 Outline of transitional provisions

90 Transitional provision for code compliance certificates and compliance schedules issued under former Act

91 Amendment to Schedule 1

92 Validation in respect of levies on estimated value of building work

93 Transitional provision for content of project information memorandum

94 Transitional provision for refusal of application for code compliance certificate

95 Transitional provision for refusal of application for certificate of acceptance