Building Act 2011

The regulations may provide for matters relating to —

the safety or health of occupiers or other users of buildings requiring occupancy permits; and

amenity or sustainability of buildings requiring occupancy permits.

Without limiting subsection (1) the regulations may —

provide for the kind of equipment, machinery or systems required for a building for the safety or health of its occupiers or other users of the building, equipment, machinery or systems; and

provide for the maintenance of equipment, machinery or systems; and

require an owner or occupier of a building to arrange for a person belonging to a prescribed class of persons to inspect or test equipment, machinery or systems on a specified day, at specified intervals or when a specified event occurs; and

require a permit authority to arrange for an authorised person to inspect or test equipment, machinery or systems, on a specified day, at specified intervals or when a specified event occurs; and

provide for the keeping of records in relation to matters mentioned in this section; and

provide for the reporting of information about matters mentioned in this section; and

provide for charges to be imposed on an owner or occupier of a building in respect of costs of inspections mentioned in paragraph (d).

Regulations mentioned in subsection (1) cannot provide for matters in relation to a building that would be in addition to the matters set out in an occupancy permit that is in effect for the building if the occupancy permit is one of the following kinds —

a certificate of classification that, under section 181(2) or (3), is to be taken to be an occupancy permit;

an occupancy permit granted for a building completed after commencement day under a building licence that, under section 178, is to be taken to be a building permit;

an occupancy permit granted on an application mentioned in section 181(4).