Section 91 — Building Act 2004: Building consent authority that grants building consent to issue code compliance certificate

91 Building consent authority that grants building consent to issue code compliance certificate (1) A building consent authority that granted the building consent for building work to which a code compliance certificate relates is the only person who may issue that certificate. (2) However, another building consent authority may issue a code compliance certificate if the following persons agree: (a) the owner of the building to which the building work relates; and (b) the building consent authority that it is proposed will issue the code compliance certificate. (3) Subsection (4) applies if— (a) a building consent authority that is not a territorial authority or a regional authority is unable or refuses to issue a code compliance certificate in relation to building work for which it granted a building consent; and (b) no other building consent authority will agree to issue a code compliance certificate for the building work under subsection (2) . (4) The owner of the building to which the building work relates must apply for a certificate of acceptance under section 96 . Subsection (3)(a) was amended, as from 14 April 2005, by section 3(5) Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31) by inserting the words “ or a regional authority ” after the words “ territorial authority ” .