66Premises exempt from requirement for occupancy permit

66 Premises exempt from requirement for occupancy permit

For the purposes of section 216(3)(d) of the Act, the following buildings do not require an occupancy permit:

(a) a Class 10 building;

(b) a temporary office, shed or sanitary facility, if used by a building services provider or owner builder in connection with work performed, or to be performed, on the land on which the office, shed or sanitary facility is, or is to be, located;

(c) a building lawfully constructed and occupied before the commencement of these regulations, if that building –

(i) is not an assembly building; or

(ii) is an assembly building but had a certificate of occupancy or an occupancy permit issued under the Building Act 2000 or the Building Regulations 1994 –

unless, after the commencement of these regulations, the use of the building has altered, or building work has been performed, that would require an occupancy permit to be issued under Part 17 of the Act for the building to continue to be occupied.