Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024
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2024/148
Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024
Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, Administrator of the Government
Order in Council
At Wellington this 29th day of July 2024
Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council
These regulations are made under section 402 of the Building Act 2004 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for Building and Construction.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 30 September 2024.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004.
4 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1,—
(a)
insert the Part set out in the Schedule of these regulations as the last Part; and
(b)
make all necessary consequential amendments.
5 Schedule 2 amended
(1)
In Schedule 2, form 2, under the heading †Attachments, after “†Plans and specifications [list]”
, insert:
†Alternative plans and specifications (if the applicant wants to obtain pre-approval for possible product substitutions) [list]
(2)
In Schedule 2, form 2, under the heading †Attachments, after “†Current product certificate(s)”
, insert:
†Alternative product certificate(s) (if the applicant wants to obtain pre-approval for possible product substitutions)
Schedule New Part 2 inserted into Schedule 1
Part 2 Provisions relating to Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024
2 Amendments to form 2 do not apply to applications for building consent made before 30 September 2024
An application for a building consent made before 30 September 2024 must be dealt with as if the Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024 had not been made.
3 Building consent authority may accept unamended form 2 in certain cases
A building consent authority may accept an application for a building consent made on or after 30 September 2024 in form 2 as it was immediately before the Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024 came into force if the applicant has not attached any alternative plans, specifications, or product certificates.
Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 30 September 2024, amend the form for an application for a project information memorandum and/or building consent. The application form is prescribed in form 2 of Schedule 2 of the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004. The form is amended by making specific provision for alternative plans and specifications, and alternative product certificates, to be attached to an application if the applicant wishes.
Regulatory impact statement
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment produced a regulatory impact statement on 14 March 2024 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
Date of notification in Gazette: 1 August 2024.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
Versions
Building (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2024
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