Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods to be Amended

Pursuant to section 24(1) of the Building Act 2004 (“Act”), I give notice of amendments to the following Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods:

• C1–C6 Protection from Fire Verification Method C/VM2,
• C1–C6 Protection from Fire Acceptable Solutions C/AS1 and C/AS2,
• E1 Surface Water Verification Method E1/VM1,
• E1 Surface Water Acceptable Solution E1/AS1,
• E2 External Moisture Acceptable Solution E2/AS1,
• E3 Internal Moisture Acceptable Solution E3/AS1,
• G9 Electricity Verification Method G9/VM1,
• G9 Electricity Acceptable Solution G9/AS1,
• G13 Foul Water Acceptable Solutions G13/AS1, G13/AS2 and G13/AS3.

Acceptable Solution and Verification Method to be Issued

Pursuant to section 22(1) of the Building Act 2004 (“Act”), I give notice that the following Acceptable Solution has been issued come into force on 5 November 2020:

• E1 Surface Water Acceptable Solution E1/AS2,
• E3 Internal Moisture Acceptable Solution E3/AS2.

The amended version of the above Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods will come into force on 5 November 2020.

The Acceptable Solutions can be downloaded free of charge from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website: www.building.govt.nz/building-code-compliance.

The preceding versions continue to be in force until:

• C1-C6 Protection from Fire Verification Method C/VM2—3 November 2021
• C1-C6 Protection from Fire Acceptable Solutions C/AS1 and C/AS2—3 November 2021
• E1 Surface Water Verification Method E1/VM1—3 November 2021
• E1 Surface Water Acceptable Solution E1/AS1—3 November 2021
• E2 External Moisture Acceptable Solution E2/AS1—3 November 2021
• E3 Internal Moisture Acceptable Solution E3/AS1—3 November 2021
• G9 Electricity Verification Method G9/VM1—3 November 2021
• G9 Electricity Acceptable Solution G9/AS1—3 November 2021
• G13 Foul Water Acceptable Solutions G13/AS1, G13/AS2 and G13/AS3—3 November 2021

Amendment to Material Incorporated by Reference

Pursuant to sections 405 and 410(1)(e) of the Act, I give notice that the following materials in the table below are to be incorporated by reference into the following Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods on 5 November 2020. The material incorporated by reference in Column 1 of the table below, is replaced by the material listed in Column 2. Where there is text in Column 2 only, this signifies new material. Where there is text in Column 1 only, this signifies removal of material.

Purchase of Certain Material Incorporated by Reference

Certain material incorporated by reference described above may be purchased directly from Standards New Zealand, MBIE, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011, or online at:

• Standards: standards.govt.nz.
• New Zealand legislation and regulations: legislation.govt.nz.

Availability of Remaining Material Incorporated by Reference

• NFPA 285 can be accessed free of charge from www.nfpa.org/.
• ISO Standards can be purchased from www.iso.org/.
• British Standards (BS) and BS EN Standards can be purchased from shop.bsigroup.com.
• ASSE Standards can be purchased from assewebstore.com.
• BR135 Classified External Cladding Systems Report, BRE Global, can be obtained from bregroup.com/.
• Waterproofing Membrane Association Inc. Code of Practice for Internal Wet-area Membrane Systems can be purchased from www.wmai.org.nz/.

Viewing Material Incorporated by Reference

Material incorporated by reference is available for inspection free of charge at 15 Stout Street, Wellington, between the hours of 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. To make an appointment to view material incorporated by reference, call 0800 242 243.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of November 2020.

JOHN SNEYD, General Manager, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.