Manufacturers and Importers

Manufacturers and importers will be required to produce the required building product information and provide if online for free.

Wholesalers, retailers, and distributors are required to ensure the information is available when a product is for sale.

Read more about designated building products and the publishing requirements.

Some manufacturers and importers may need to invest more effort to collate, produce and disclose their product information than others. There are a number of decisions you can make that will help you to meet the new regulatory requirements:

• Decide which of your building products are captured by the regulations (some may not be). This is outlined in Regulation 7 - legislation.govt.nz
• Look at where you can group lines of products together on one product information disclosure or where you can produce a product information disclosure for systems.
• Look at what technical product information you already have for your building products. For example, a product technical statement, technical data sheet, or appraisal. You can build on this information by carrying out a gap analysis using the checklist developed by MBIE [PDF 470KB]. 
• Identify any existing information that needs to be brought up to requirements or that needs to be added, eg whether the product is subject to a warning or a ban under section 26 of the Building Act 2004.
• Consider linking to larger supporting documents such as installation manuals and maintenance manuals that may already exist elsewhere on your website.
• Collate and publish the required information about your product.

Manufacturers and importers are encouraged to disclose product information in accessible and usable formats for disabled people. Read the government's web accessibility guidance - govtnz.github.io

Resources

Access a variety of resources and tools to help implement the regulation changes.

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