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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is consulting on proposals for regulations to support the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components and Other Matters) Amendment Bill.

The six week consultation period for feedback on the Licensed Building Practitioners (LBP) scheme closed on 4 June 2021.

This consultation closed on Friday, 28 May 2021. Visit the Building website for more information on the outcome of the proposed updates, and other upcoming changes to the Building Code.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) seeks your views on our proposals to increase the operational efficiency of buildings, and to reduce the embodied carbon across the lifecycle of buildings as part of the Building for Climate Change programme.

This is the fourth public consultation under the biannual Building Code update programme.

We sought your comment on proposals to amend specific Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods for the November 2019 Building Code update.

The eight week consultation period for the proposed dam safety regulatory framework closed on 6 August 2019. These regulations propose to establish a nationally consistent approach that will protect people, property and the environment from the potential impact of a large dam’s failure without imposing undue compliance costs.

We are proposing major changes to New Zealand’s building laws, to improve the quality of building work. These are the most significant reforms since the current Building Act was introduced in 2004.

This is the second public consultation under the new biannual update programme.

We are proposing to publish a new edition of Fire Acceptable Solution – C/AS2.