Section 116 Building Act Subdivision
For more information regarding the Building Act and code of compliance requirements when changing the use of a building, visit New Zealand Legislation.
116A | Code compliance requirements: subdivision
A territorial authority must not issue a certificate under section 224(f) of the Resource Management Act 1991 for the purpose of giving effect to a subdivision affecting a building or part of a building unless satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the building—
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(a) will comply, as nearly as is reasonably practicable, with every provision of the building code that relates to the following matters
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(i) means of escape from fire
(ii) access and facilities for persons with disabilities (if this is a requirement under section 118):
(iii) protection of other property; and
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- (b) will,—
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(i) if it complied with the other provisions of the building code immediately before the application for a subdivision was made, continue to comply with those provisions; or
(ii) if it did not comply with the other provisions of the building code immediately before the application for a subdivision was made, continue to comply at least to the same extent as it did then comply.
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What this means
Section 116 of the Building Act covers subdivision. The best thing to do if you see this section on a request for more information or someone from Council has asked you to investigate this is to give us a call and we can walk you through your property and go over the points required for you to go through with your development project.
What Chester Provide
Chester’s will undertake a site inspection to assess the following:
- Existing Building Construction
- Means of Egress
- Existing fire safety precautions.
Once the site inspection has been undertaken Chester’s develops a Fire Engineering Design Report for the purpose of Building Consent Application which assesses the following:
- Building Use
- Occupancy Load Assessment
- Fire Safety Precautions
- Internal Fire Spread
- External Fire Spread – Where applicable
- Fire Service Access
Within the fire engineering design report, Chester’s provide recommendations/improvements required for compliance.