Building Amendment Act 2012

81  New section 401A inserted

• The following section is inserted after section 401:

  “401A Regulations: building consents and consent completion certificates

  • The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations that—

    • “(a) define low-risk building work including by specifying any or all of the following: the nature of the building work, the circumstances in which it may be carried out, or the conditions for carrying it out:

    • “(b) define simple residential building work:

    • “(c) define commercial building work:

    • “(d) prescribe types or categories of commercial building work for which a commercial building consent is required:

    • “(e) prescribe types or categories of commercial building work for which an application for either a commercial building consent or a standard building consent may be made:

    • “(f) prescribe those aspects of plans and specifications accompanying an application for a simple residential building consent that must be considered by a building consent authority when deciding whether to grant the consent:

    • “(g) for the purpose of a determination by a building consent authority whether to issue a consent completion certificate in respect of simple residential building work, prescribe—

      • “(i) the maximum inspections that are required; and

      • “(ii) the nature of those inspections:

    • “(h) prescribe the criteria for determining the risk profile of a commercial building:

    • “(i) prescribe the matters that must be included in a quality assurance system, including prescribing different matters for different types or categories of commercial building work:

    • “(j) define safety system.”