Blog
January 2012
Restricted Building Work
Tue, 24th Jan 2012
There are some changes you need to know about. From March 1, Restricted Building Work comes into effect. This applies to most residential building or renovation work and only a Licensed Building Practitioner can undertake or supervise the work.
If you apply for a building consent after March 1 you must make sure that the practitioners you use are correctly licensed to carry out the work. Licensed Building Practitioners include
Designers,
Carpenters,
Roofers,
External Plasterers,
Brick and Blocklayers and
Foundations specialists.
Professional Engineers, Architects, Plumbers and Gasfitters are treated as Licensed Building Practitioners and can carry out some restricted Building work.
Further information about this change including some guidance documentation can be found at the following link http://dbh.govt.nz/builditright
FOOD SAMPLING
Mon, 23rd Jan 2012
Food Business owners may be aware that during the summer months, we undertake regular food sampling of certain foods e.g. ice cream, sandwiches, sushi etc. This forms part of an annual routine sampling programme, so don’t be alarmed if we turn up to collect a sample of a particular food from your premises. Every month we will be targeting a specific food and will take samples from a few premises that sell that type of food.
The programme has shown to us what great food businesses we have in our district. However, if samples are found to have unsatisfactory levels of bacteria we will, contact the business to help to work out what could be causing the contamination and assist you in taking corrective action, to ensure public safety.
January 2012
Tue, 17th Jan 2012
ELECTRONIC PROCESSING
We would now like to receive all your documents electronically so if you have a consent application and/or any other documentation in electronic form then please feel free to send it to us by email or disc.
All documents, application forms and user guides can be downloaded from our website and soon they will be available to complete online along with payment if required.