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Determinations are made by MBIE on matters of doubt or dispute to do with building work. Rulings are legally binding, but only in relation to each case.

Previous determinations may provide some useful guidance for those faced with similar problems, but note that individual circumstances may vary.

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2017/020: Decision to issue a certificate of acceptance for building work

This determination considers completed remedial work to a house. The work was consented, but work that was intended to be done as an amendment to the consent was completed by the owner before the amendment was approved by the authority. The code compliance certificate issued by the authority excluded the amended work, which was regularised through the issue of a certificate of acceptance. The owner disputed the exclusion of the amended work from the code compliance certificate.

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2017/019: The number of personal hygiene facilities in a school building undergoing alterations

This determination considers whether the proposed alterations, with a reduced number of toilets, will comply with the Building Code to the extent required by section 112.  The determination discusses the tests under section 112(b) in regards to a reduction in the level of performance achieved in the existing building.

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2006/060: Refusal of a code compliance certificate for a building with a monolithic cladding system

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2017/018: Refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for a 10-year-old house with plywood, stone veneer and horizontal weatherboards

This determination concerns the compliance of a 10-year-old house with plywood, stone veneer, and horizontal weatherboard cladding. This determination considers the authority’s reasons for refusing to issue the code compliance certificate, and whether the house complies with the requirements of the Building Code.

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2017/017: Compliance of a concrete ramp to a door threshold and the refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for a house

The determination is concerned with the compliance of the concrete ramp and ground clearances to the front entry to the Building Code. The determination considers whether the authority was correct in exercising its powers of decision in refusing to issue a code compliance certificate.

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2017/015: Grant of a building consent across two allotments

This determination considers the definition of an 'owner' for the purposes of section 75 and whether a section 75 certificate was required on the building consent. The determination discusses whether a building consent can be granted over two allotments to a leaseholder without requiring a section 75 certificate.

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