Section 19 — Building Act 2004: How compliance with building code is established

19 How compliance with building code is established (1) A building consent authority must accept any or all of the following as establishing compliance with the building code: (a) compliance with regulations referred to in section 20 : (b) compliance with the provisions of a compliance document: (c) a determination to that effect made by the chief executive under subpart 1 of Part 3: (d) a current product certificate issued under section 269 , if any relevant condition in that product certificate is met: (e) to the extent that compliance with a requirement imposed by regulations made under the Electricity Act 1992 or the Gas Act 1992 is compliance with any particular provisions of the building code, a certificate issued under any of those regulations to the effect that any energy work complies with those requirements. (2) In considering whether something complies with the building code, a building consent authority or, as the case may be, a regional authority— (a) must have regard to any relevant warning issued, and ban declared, under section 26(2) ; and (b) may have regard to any guidance information published by the chief executive under section 175 . Compare: 1991 No 150 s 50 Subsection (1) was amended, as from 14 April 2005, by section 16(2)(b) Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31) by omitting the words “ or, as the case may be, a regional authority ” .