Inspections & Code Compliance Certificate

• Your Building Consent documentation will list the stages at which you need to call for inspections of the work.

• It is very important that all the inspections are called for.

• If inspections are missed the Council may not be able to issue a Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) when it is completed. If you are in doubt about whether or not an inspection is needed, please contact the council.

A Code Compliance Certificate is issued when a building project is finished

If you don't get one then you may have trouble selling your house as the work has not been authoristed and in extreme cases the council can ask you to pull your house down!

The Council must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the building work under the building consent complies with:

• the New Zealand Building Code at the time of issue of the Building Consent (for Building Consents issued prior to 31st March 2005)
• the building consent, for consents issued from 31st March 2005

Whether or not CCCs have been issued for building consents is recorded in any Land Information Memorandum (LIM) and building status report for your property. A CCC cannot be issued for work carried out without a building consent, and other compliance matters may also have to be addressed in order for a Building Consent Authority (BCA) to issue a Code Compliance Certificate, such as failure to provide the BCA with Energy Works certificate and/or any developments contribution etc.

Obtaining your Certificate

When all work under a building consent is completed, contact the Council to arrange a time for a final inspection. You must provide a completed Code Compliance Certificate Application form before a Code Compliance Certificate can be issued.

For building consents issued from 31st March 2005, projects must be completed within two years of the granting of the building consent.

If the work has been carried out in accordance with your consent and in compliance with the Building Code, the Council will issue a Code Compliance Certificate. If the work does not comply, the Council will issue a Notice to Fix, identifying areas of non-compliance that you will need to address, once the items are complete,you can request a second inspection.