What New Zealand Building Act 2004 - Building Consents, Code Compliance and Earthquake-Prone Buildings requires
The Building Act 2004 (Public Act 2004 No 72) establishes the framework for regulating building work in New Zealand. All building work must comply with the New Zealand Building Code. A building consent from the local building consent authority (BCA) is required before commencing most building work. Earthquake-prone buildings - those with seismic capacity below 34% of the New Building Standard (NBS) for new buildings - must be seismically strengthened or demolished within 15 years (high seismic risk areas) or 25 years (medium and low seismic risk areas) of being identified. Restricted building work must be carried out by or supervised by a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP).
Pillar: Construction & Real Estate · Authority: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE); Local Building Consent Authorities · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2004/0072/latest/whole.html
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- Building Act 2004 (Public Act 2004 No 72, New Zealand) - establishes the framework for regulating building work, building consents, licensing of building practitioners, and earthquake-prone buildings
- Building Act 2004 Section 17 - all building work must comply with the Building Code
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