Building Amendment Act 2012

6  Interpretation

• (1) Section 7 is amended by repealing the definition of building consent and substituting the following definition:

  “building consent means a commercial building consent, a low-risk building consent, a simple residential building consent, or a standard building consent”.

  (2) Section 7 is amended by repealing the definition of code compliance certificate.

  (3) Section 7 is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

  “approved quality assurance system means a quality assurance system that has been approved under sections 52O and 52Q

  “approved risk profile means a risk profile that has been approved under sections 52O and 52P

  “commercial building consent means a consent granted under section 52S

  “commercial building work has the meaning given to it by regulations made under this Act

  “consent completion certificate means a certificate issued by a building consent authority under section 95

  “low-risk building consent means a consent granted under section 52H

  “low-risk building work has the meaning given to it by regulations made under this Act

  “prescribed aspects, in relation to the plans and specifications accompanying an application for a simple residential building consent, means those aspects prescribed by regulations made under this Act

  “quality assurance system, in relation to commercial building work, means the quality assurance system that complies with the relevant requirements prescribed by regulations made under this Act

  “risk profile, in relation to commercial building work, means the risk profile determined by relevant criteria prescribed by regulations made under this Act

  “safety system, in relation to commercial building work, has the meaning given to it by regulations made under this Act

  “safety system commissioning review has the meaning given to it by section 52X

  “simple residential building consent means a consent granted under section 52K

  “simple residential building work has the meaning given to it by regulations made under this Act

  “standard building consent means a consent granted under section 52N”.

  (4) Section 7 is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

  “independently qualified person means a person—

  • “(a) who is accepted by a territorial authority as being qualified to—

    • “(i) carry out or supervise all or some of the inspection, maintenance, and reporting procedures required for a specified system stated in a compliance schedule; and

    • “(ii) certify that those procedures have been fully complied with; and

  • “(b) whose acceptance under paragraph (a) has not been withdrawn by the territorial authority

  “owner-builder has the meaning given to it by section 90B

  “owner-builder exemption means the exemption for owner-builders set out in section 90D

  “owner-builder status means the status of a person as an owner-builder

  “prescribed means prescribed by regulations made under this Act”.

  (5) Section 7 is amended by repealing the definition of restricted building work and substituting the following definition:

  “restricted building work means any building work that is—

  • “(a) building work of a kind declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be restricted building work; or

  • “(b) design work of a kind declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be restricted building work”.

  (6) Section 7 is amended by repealing the definition of territorial authority and substituting the following definition:

  “territorial authority—

  • “(a) means a city council or district council named in Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002; and,—

    • “(i) in relation to land within the district of a territorial authority, or a building on or proposed to be built on any such land, means that territorial authority; and

    • “(ii) in relation to any part of a coastal marine area (within the meaning of the Resource Management Act 1991) that is not within the district of a territorial authority, or a building on or proposed to be built on any such part, means the territorial authority whose district is adjacent to that part; and

  • “(b) includes the Minister of Conservation or the Minister of Local Government, as the case may be, in any case in which the Minister of Conservation or the Minister of Local Government is the territorial authority under section 22 of the Local Government Act 2002”.

  (7) Paragraph (d) of the definition of building work in section 7 is amended by adding “; and”.

  (8) The definition of building work in section 7 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

  • “(e) includes design work that is specified in the regulations made under section 401A defining low-risk building work, simple residential building work, and commercial building work”.

  (9) Paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of owner in section 7 is amended by omitting “and 97” and substituting “97, and 176(c)”.

  (10) Paragraph (c)(iii) of the definition of plans and specifications in section 7 is amended by omitting “procedures for inspection and routine maintenance” and substituting “inspection, maintenance, and reporting procedures”.

  (11) Paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of specified system in section 7 is repealed and the following subparagraph substituted:

  • “(i) is contained in, or attached to, a building; and”.