8Building work

#### 8 Building work 8 Building work > > (1) Building work means any work involved in, or involved in co-ordinating or supervising any work involved in— > > > > > (a) the construction of a building, or > > > > > (b) the making of alterations or additions to a building, or > > > > > (c) the repairing, renovation, decoration or protective treatment of a building. > > > (2) Work that relates to a building is taken to be building work if the work is residential building work under the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147) or if it would be residential building work under that Act if the building were a dwelling. > > > (3) Work that relates to a dwelling is not building work if the work is not residential building work under the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147), subject to subsection (4). > > > (4) Work that relates to a dwelling is not excluded from being building work under this Act by virtue of clause 2 (3) (a) of Schedule 1 to the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147). > > > (5) The following work is not building work for the purposes of this Act— > > > > > (a) the supervision only of building work— > > > > > > > (i) by a person registered as an architect under the [Architects Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2003-089), or > > > > > > > (ii) by a person supervising owner-builder work (within the meaning of the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147)) for no reward or other consideration, or > > > > > > > (iii) by any other person, if all the building work is being done or supervised by the holder of a contractor licence under the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147) authorising its holder to contract to do that work, > > > > > (b) demolition work, > > > > > (c) any work involved in the installation of any material that forms an upper layer or wearing surface of a floor (even if installed as a fixture) and that does not involve any structural changes to the floor, but not including work involved in the installation of floor tiles unless the regulations otherwise provide, > > > > > (d) any work that involves the installation or maintenance of any fixed apparatus such as a lift, an escalator, an inclinator or a garage door by means of which persons or things are raised or lowered or moved in some direction that is restricted by fixed guides, > > > > > (e) any work done by an individual in connection with a dwelling that is owned by the individual, unless the work is specialist work (within the meaning of the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147)) or work for which an owner-builder permit is required under that Act. > > > (6) This section has effect subject to any regulations under subsection (7). > > > (7) The regulations may do any of the following— > > > > > (a) declare any work to be building work for the purposes of this Act, > > > > > (b) declare any work not to be building work for the purposes of this Act. > > > (8) In this section— > > > > dwelling has the same meaning as in the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147).