Government announces changes to improve access to overseas building products

Published: 24 April 2024

On 4 April 2024 the Government announced work is underway to make it easier to use new building products from overseas.

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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) will now begin work to progress options to change the Building Act to:

make it easier to use products from recognised overseas locations
streamline the recognition of international standards
mandate acceptance of certain overseas building products
remove barriers for making minor changes to an existing building consent
enable minor customisation of pre-approved MultiProof designs when applying for a building consent.

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