Building Levy Order 2005

  • revoked
  • Building Levy Order 2005: revoked, on 10 January 2020, by regulation 4 of the Building (Levy) Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/310).

Reprint as at 10 January 2020

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Building Levy Order 2005

(SR 2005/33)

Building Levy Order 2005: revoked, on 10 January 2020, by regulation 4 of the Building (Levy) Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/310).

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 21st day of February 2005

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

Pursuant to sections 53, 55, and 402 of the Building Act 2004, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for Building Issues, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Building Levy Order 2005.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 April 2005.

3 Interpretation

In this order, Act means the Building Act 2004.

4 Rate of building levy

The rate of building levy payable under section 53 of the Act is $1.97 for every $1,000 (or part of $1,000) of the estimated value of the building work for which a building consent is issued.

5 GST included

The rate of building levy specified in clause 4 is inclusive of goods and services tax.

6 Minimum estimated value

The minimum estimated value of building work for the purposes of section 55 of the Act is $20,000.

7 Revocation

The Building Industry Authority Levy Order 1995 (SR 1995/241) is revoked.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Acting 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 1 April 2005,—

  • sets the rate of building levy payable under section 53 of the Building Act 2004 (the Act); and

  • provides that the rate is inclusive of goods and services tax; and

  • sets the minimum estimated value of building work for the purposes of section 55 of the Act at $20,000.

The effect of the minimum estimated value of building work being set at $20,000 for the purposes of section 55 of the Act is that an applicant for a building consent is not liable to pay a building levy under section 53 of the Act if the estimated value of the building work to which the building consent relates is less than that amount.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 February 2005.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Building Levy Order 2005 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Building (Levy) Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/310): regulation 4