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National Register of Producer Statement Authors
In a bid to see a national register of Producer Statement Authors controlled by MBIE or a similar government department for people in trade to issue Producer Statements for compliance to the building code, Brendan Clarkson has written to Hon David Seymour, Minister for Regulation. Here we share Brendan’s letter, and the response he received.
Hi David,
Congratulations on your success in the Election and you forming a Department of Regulation.
I am Director of an Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Company here in Auckland, and also Deputy Chairman of Refrigeration Licencing NZ and a Board Member of the Climate Control Companies Association New Zealand, both industry organisations.
One of the biggest issues we have in our industry is there is no National register for people in trade to issue Producer Statements for compliance to the building code. We must apply to every council via their own application procedure to become Producer Statement Authors and now there are 8 different council groups. Its 8 separate application processes and separate set of fees. This is so we can issue Producer Statements for compliance to the Building Code.
The same goes for us to become Independent Qualified Persons who do the yearly compliance (Building Warrant of Fitness), we must apply to 8 separate councils to become a IQP inspector.
Can this please be changed so that it becomes a national register of Producer Statement Authors and controlled by MBIE or similar Government Department reducing the compliance and regulations, making it simple and all working to the same set of rules, instead of individual council’s rules.
This Producer Statement and IQP registration is a massive overhead in time and in money, keeping us registered with the 8 council groups, for building compliance, when it could be a national register controlled by a national body. Some have three-yearly renewals like Auckland Council and others like Wellington Council have yearly renews.
This does not only apply to our trade of Mechanical Ventilation and Air Conditioning, but Electricians for Emergency Lighting and several different trades associated with Building compliance.
