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Jane H

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on occupational regulation reforms in the building and construction sector. Typically, the various membership bodies, such as Certified builders, Master builders, the NZIA and NZRAB will put in a well written submission on these things and the absence of input from the public results in poor outcomes for customers. I’d encourage anyone who has had a bad experience with any of the list below and feels that better regulation would help to put in a submission. Submissions are due 06 April 2023 The 4 occupational regulation regimes MBIE are seeking feedback on are: • Licensed Building Practitioners, including proposals for change regarding supervision and licensing, as well as seeking feedback on issues with competencies. • Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers and Electrical Workers including consulting on the scope of codes of ethics to help lift the quality of the work and promote public confidence. • Registered Architects, including a review of the current settings to determine if the regime is still fit for purpose. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/have-your-say/occupational-regulation-reforms-in-the-building-and-construction-sector/
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Chris C

Hi Jane, I agree. I have just completed a return. All good stuff, to hopefully improve the competencies of the poor guys who actually do the work. But unfortunately it does not tackle what I think are two of the main problems with NZ homes, built for private clients such as those who comment here. The first being the way many people are pressured into signing contracts which are blatantly biased in favour of the builder (eg have no contract period which the builder can be held to). No one should sign a Contract before at least reading one of the standard documents you can find on line (or in fact reading the documents used in Australia, which would work just as well here with only minor tweaks). The second of course is the number of builders who go out of business, when things get the slightest bit tough, or when they might be expected to put things right. For the latter I think NZ should consider something like the Australian NSW Home Builders Compensation Scheme. No personal experience of it, but my impression is it would save a lot of the grief (financial anyway) we read on this blog.
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Mark Graham

I would add the lack of consumer knowledge and the disinterest MBIE has consistently shown in changing this situation. Consumers are largely left to their own devices and only those doing their own searching will come to information that will help them prepare for their building project. As a result, they often abdicate responsibility to their designer/builder (because we *know* they always have the best interests of their clients to the fore).
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