Proposal for an owner builder exemption to the restricted building work regime: Proposed changes to other legislation
We are proposing two other regulatory changes to achieve full record-keeping and disclosure - whether these changes are in the final proposals to Government will depend on the feedback from this consultation. Please give us your comments on these.
Change 1 - Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
This Act provides for a document called a Land Information Memorandum (LIM) to be issued by a territorial authority. The Act lists what information must be included in the LIM. We propose to add to that list 'information about any restricted building work carried out by an owner builder'.
Change 2 - Regulations under the Building Act 2004
We propose to use a regulation to require territorial authorities to regularly report to the Department on the number of owner builder declarations they receive and the types of restricted building work the declarations relate to. This will enable us to monitor the use of the exemption and ensure it is working as intended.