Section 119 — Building Act 2004: Compliance document for requirements of persons with disabilities

119 Compliance document for requirements of persons with disabilities (1) This section applies to— (a) the New Zealand Standard Specification No 4121 (the code of practice for design for access and use of buildings by persons with disabilities), together with any modifications to that standard specification in force immediately before the commencement of this section; or (b) if an Order in Council is made under subsection (3) ,— (i) the standard specification referred to in paragraph (a) incorporating an amendment that is adopted by the order; or (ii) a standard specification that is in substitution for the standard specification referred to in paragraph (a) that is adopted by the order. (2) A standard specification to which this section applies is to be taken as a compliance document. (3) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, adopt— (a) an amendment to the standard specification referred to in subsection (1)(a) ; or (b) a standard specification that is in substitution for the standard specification referred to in that subsection. (4) The Minister must, no later than 6 months after the date on which an amendment or a standard specification is promulgated by the Standards Council,— (a) make a recommendation under subsection (3) in relation to the amendment or standard specification; or (b) decide not to make a recommendation. (5) In this section, Standards Council means the Standards Council continued in existence under section 3 of the Standards Act 1988 . Compare: 1991 No 150 s 47A(3)