Review of the Building Consent system
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is asking for feedback on issues with the current building consent system.
The building consent system provides assurance that new building work complies with minimum performance requirements under the Building Code.
The review is an end-to-end review of the building consent system – from the building design phase through to the issuing of a code compliance certificate.
MBIE is consulting on an issues discussion document as the first step in the review of the building consent system.
The Review of the Building Consent System issues discussion document aims to build a shared understanding of issues with the current consenting system as a basis for considering future system change.
The discussion document is broken into 3 key sections:
- the role of government and third parties, such as builders, designers and architects, in providing assurance that buildings are safe, healthy and durable;
- desirable outcomes that good building consent regulation should seek to achieve; and
- issues with the current building consenting system.
View the documentation and make your submission here. Submissions are due by 5pm, 4 September 2022.
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