New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Interpretation

• (1) Paragraph (a) of the definition of dam in section 7 is amended by repealing subparagraph (iii).

  (2) The definition of estimated value in section 7 is amended by omitting “values” and substituting “consideration”.

  (3) Paragraph (b) of the definition of owner in section 7 is amended by repealing subparagraph (ii) and substituting the following subparagraph:

  • “(ii) for the purposes of sections 32, 44, 92, 96, and 97, any person who has agreed in writing, whether conditionally or unconditionally, to purchase the land or any leasehold estate or interest in the land, or to take a lease of the land, and who is bound by the agreement because the agreement is still in force”.

  (4) Section 7 is amended by repealing the definition of restricted building work and substituting the following definition:

  “restricted building work—

  • “(a) means building work that is—

    • “(i) critical to the integrity of a building, for example, its envelope and structure; and

    • “(ii) of a kind declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be building work that must be carried out or supervised by a licensed building practitioner who is licensed to carry out or supervise that work; and that Order in Council may relate, without limitation, to certain types or categories of buildings, or parts of buildings specified in the Order in Council; and

  • “(b) includes design work (relating to building work) that is design work of a kind declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be restricted building work for the purposes of this Act; and

  • “(c) does not include any building work for which, in accordance with section 41, a building consent is not required”.

  (5) Section 7 is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

  “consideration, in relation to estimated value, has the meaning given to it in section 2(1) of the Goods and Service Tax Act 1985

  “large dam means a dam that retains 3 or more metres depth, and holds 20 000 or more cubic metres volume, of water or other fluid

  “prescribed fee includes a fee calculated in accordance with a rate or method prescribed for this purpose in regulations made under this Act”.