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Building and Construction

MinisterMinister for Building and Construction
Current MinisterHon Maurice Williamson
Department

Department of Building and Housing
Crown Entities

None
Schedule 4 PFA organisations

None
Other Organisations

Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board
Building Practitioners Board
Chartered Professional Engineers Council
Electrical Workers Registration Board
Engineering Associates Registration Board
New Zealand Registered Architects Board
Vote

Functions in the Building and Construction portfolio are funded through Vote Housing
Legislation

Building Act 2004
Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002
Construction Contracts Act 2002
Electricity Act 1992 (only provisions relating to registration of electrical workers)
Engineering Associates Act 1961
Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987
Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006
Registered Architects Act 2005
Retirement Villages Act 2003
Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 20061

1 The "Justice provisions" in the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 are administered in the Ministry of Justice.