Abstract

New Zealand has a unique system of establishing its national building code through a system of voluntary committees, public consultation, statutory declaration and voluntary adoption of the product of general agreement.
 The mechanism of agreement is provided by the Standards Association, in the form of the committee table, wide circulation of drafts for comment, and the drafting committee - sectional committee - Ministerial - Standards Council - chain of approval.

Highlights

  • New Zealand has a unique system of establishing its national building code through a system of voluntary committees, public consultation, statutory declaration and voluntary adoption of the product of general agreement

  • The mechanism of agreement is provided by the Standards Association, in the form of the committee table, wide circulation of drafts for comment, and the drafting committee - sectional committee - Ministerial - Standards Council - chain of approval

  • The mark of agreement is signified by the declaration of the documents by the Standards Council as "New Zealand Standards" documents made by a process of consultation protected by statute

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Summary

Standards in General

New Zealand has a unique system of establishing its national building code through a system of voluntary committees, public consultation, statutory declaration and voluntary adoption of the product of general agreement. The Standards Association is endeavouring to ensure that committee decisions are based on consensus of opinion,sometimes "nem con", but never, unless absolutely unavoidable, with a minority objection overruled by a majority vote. If such should arise, the Director requires a report on the circumstances, and may request the committee to re-open discussions to try again for an agreed solution. The traditional form of building regulations tends to describe "solutions": known acceptable methods prescribed direct in the law. The Standards Association is proposing that the present model building bylaw be re-arranged into the form of: FIXED STANDARD OF DUTY together with

NAMED ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS
Fixed Standards of Duty
Named Acceptable Solutions
Chimneys and resistance to earthquakes
The challenge of change
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