This order brings into force, on 8 August 2025, the provisions of the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Act 2025 that are not already in force.

The provisions being brought into force amend the Building Act 2004 to empower—

• the chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment to recognise, by notice, building products or building methods that are certified under an overseas product certification scheme; and

• the Minister for Building and Construction to recognise, by notice,—

  • groups of standards issued by an overseas standards organisation; or

  • standards certification schemes that a standards certification organisation that is based in New Zealand or overseas administers or operates under.