Building (Consent Authorities) Amendment Bill Government Bill As reported from the committee of the whole House This bill was formerly part of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Amendment Bill as reported from the Social Services Committee. The committee of the whole House has further amended the bill and divided it into the following bills: o The Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Amendment Bill comprising Parts 1 and 2 and the Schedule o This bill, comprising Part 3. -------------------- Hon Clayton Cosgrove Building (Consent Authorities) Amendment Bill Government Bill Contents 1 Title 2 Commencement . . . . . 16 Principal Act amended 17 Purpose of this Part 18 Territorial authority may act as building consent authority during transition to this Act . . . . . -------------------- The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 Title This Act is the Building (Consent Authorities) Amendment Act 2007. 2 Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. . . . . . New ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Principal Act amended This Part amends the Building Act 2004. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- New ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Purpose of this Part The purpose of this Part is to amend the principal Act to--- (a) extend the period during which a territorial authority may act as a building consent authority (including in relation to a dam) even though the territorial authority has yet to be registered as a building consent authority; and (b) require a territorial authority registered as a building consent authority to act, until a specified time, as a building consent authority in relation to a dam within the territorial authority's district. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- New ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Territorial authority may act as building consent authority during transition to this Act (1) Section 450(3)(b)(ii) is amended by omitting "30 November 2007" and substituting "30 June 2008". (2) Section 450 is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (3): "(3A) A territorial authority that is registered under section 191 must, until the time specified in subsection (3B), act as a building consent authority in relation to a dam within the territorial authority's district. "(3B) The time is the earlier of the following: "(a) the close of the day before the date specified in subsection (3)(b)(ii); and "(b) the time at which the regional authority whose region includes the territorial authority's district--- "(i) is registered under section 191; or "(ii) transfers its functions as a building consent authority in relation to dams in that district to another regional authority, under subpart 4 of Part 3 of this Act or subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2002. "(3C) If a territorial authority acts as a building consent authority under subsection (1) or (3A),--- "(a) the territorial authority must be taken to have all the functions, duties, and powers of a building consent authority under this Act; and "(b) this Act applies with all necessary modifications. "(3D) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, before the date specified in subsection (3)(b)(ii), specify a later date in substitution for that date. "(3E) An order under subsection (3D) is a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989." (3) Section 416(1)(f) is consequentially amended by omitting "30 November 2007" and substituting "the date specified in section 450(3)(b)(ii)". (4) The heading to section 450 is consequentially amended by omitting "Territorial authority may" and substituting "When territorial authority may and must". (5) Section 450(2) is consequentially repealed. . . . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Legislative history 14 August 2007 Divided from Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Amendment Bill (Bill 123-2) by the committee of the whole House as Bill 123-3A --------------------