Ref. No. DOIA 2021-2350
18 June 2021
Christian
[FYI request #15516 email]
Dear Christian
Thank you for your email of 20 May 2021 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (the
Ministry), requesting following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I request a copy of each Acceptable Solution and Verification Method compliance instrument
documents for fire safety (i.e., the compliance instruments for the C clauses of the Building Code')
that are no longer current since their introduction, including the first revision of each.
You can find versions of the Acceptable Solution and Verification Methods compliance documents on the
Ministry’s website:
www.building.govt.nz/building-code-compliance/c-protection-from-fire/c-clauses-
c1-c6/acceptable-solutions-and-verification-methods/.
As such, your request is refused under section 18(d) of the Act, as the information you have requested is
publicly available. If you require a version prior to the earliest (2011), please let us know.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision, in accordance
with section 28(3) of the Act. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Anna Cook
Manager, Building Performance and Engineering
Building, Resources and Markets