18Mandatory notification stages

18 Mandatory notification stages

(1)  For the purpose of the Act, the following stages of building work are stages where, on the completion of those stages, the responsible person for the work is required to notify the relevant building surveyor for the work:

(a) covering the foundations of the work;

(b) pouring structural concrete;

(ba) [Regulation 18 Subregulation (1) amended by No. 9 of 2023, s. 37, Applied:01 Oct 2024] waterproofing of wet areas;

(bb) [Regulation 18 Subregulation (1) amended by No. 9 of 2023, s. 37, Applied:01 Oct 2024] if the work is performed on a class 2-9 building, penetrations of fire rated construction;

(c) cladding or building in the structural framework;

(d) completion of the building work;

(e) any other stage of work listed as a notification stage in a condition on the certificate of likely compliance for the work.

(2)  For the purpose of the Act, the following stages of plumbing work are stages where, on the completion of those stages, the responsible person for the work is required to notify the relevant permit authority for the work:

(a) installation of plumbing work that is to be covered;

(b) commissioning plumbing work that has been performed under the authority of a plumbing permit;

(c) completion of the plumbing work;

(d) any other stage of work listed as a notification stage in a condition on the certificate of likely compliance, or plumbing permit, for the work.

(3)  A person is not permitted to proceed past a mandatory notification stage of work –

(a) if the work is building work, until the relevant building surveyor has consented to the work proceeding; or

(b) if the work is plumbing work, until the relevant permit authority has consented to the work proceeding; or