New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18 Licensed building practitioner to certify restricted building work

• (1) The heading to section 88 is amended by inserting “or provide memorandum about” after “certify”.

  (2) Section 88 is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

  • “(1) Each licensed building practitioner who carries out or supervises restricted building work under a building consent must, on completion of the restricted building work,—

    • “(a) provide the persons specified in subsection (2) with a memorandum, in the prescribed form, stating what restricted building work the licensed building practitioner carried out or supervised; and

    • “(b) if applicable, give to the persons specified in subsection (2) a certificate, in the prescribed form, stating that any specified systems in the building to which the restricted building work relates are capable of performing to the performance standards set out in the building consent.”

  (3) Section 88(4) is amended by—

  • (a) omitting “A certificate” and substituting “A memorandum provided or certificate”; and

  • (b) omitting “the certificate” in each place where it appears and substituting in each case “the memorandum or certificate”.