Building (Building Consent Authority Transition) Order 2008

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Building (Building Consent Authority Transition) Order 2008

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of May 2008  

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 450(3D) of the Building Act 2004, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Building (Building Consent Authority Transition) Order 2008.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on 26 June 2008.

3 Later date substituted for date in section 450(3)(b)(ii) of Building Act 2004

  • Section 450(3)(b)(ii) of the Building Act 2004 is amended by omitting “30 June 2008” and substituting “31 March 2009”.

Martin Bell,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 26 June 2008, substitutes a later date for the date specified in section 450(3)(b)(ii) of the Building Act 2004 (the Act). The substituted date defers for 9 months the end (if they have not ended earlier, and there is no further deferral) of the following:

  • the period, specified in section 450(3) of the Act, during which a territorial authority may act as a building consent authority (including in relation to a dam) even though the territorial authority has yet to be registered under section 191 of the Act; and

  • the duty, under section 450(3A) of the Act, of a territorial authority that is registered under section 191 of the Act to act as a building consent authority in relation to a dam within that territorial authority's district.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 May 2008.

This order is administered by the Department of Building and Housing.