政府取消了低风险建筑如外宿房（sleep-outs），棚屋（sheds）和车棚（carports）的许可要求（consents）。房主，建筑商以及喜欢自己动手的人将很快就可以更加轻松的进行基本的房屋改造了。这项决定可以促进建筑行业回暖，提供更多的就业岗位，加快经济复苏。
建筑部长珍妮·萨莱萨（Hon Jenny Salesa）表示，政府正在对《建筑法》（Building Act）引入新的豁免条款，此举可为屋主们节省每年$1800万的建筑许可申请成本，但是其建筑工作仍必须符合《建筑规范》（Building Code）。
“这些更改将为新西兰人节省时间以及金钱，而且市议会也可以专注于高风险的建筑工作，从而加速建筑业从疫情中复苏。”
“面积不超过30平米的单层独立式建筑将不需要建筑许可，例如外宿房、棚屋、温室、车棚、遮阳篷、储水囊等等。这将每年减少9000份的许可申请。”
“一些新的豁免将适用于持牌建筑从业者计划（Licensed Builder Practitioners scheme），该计划认可这些建筑从业者的能力，并允许他们和特许专业工程师（Charted engineer）和认证水工一样拥有符合自己的豁免条件。”
“每个新西兰人都应该拥有一个温暖，干燥，安全的家。政府正在寻找途径，加速简化建筑许可审批流程，降低申请成本，以增加房屋建造速度。”
“这些豁免条款只是建筑业系统改革的一部分，其中包括建筑行业转型计划（Construction Sector Accord Transformation Plan），建筑技能行动计划（Construction Skills Action Plan）和建筑法（Building Law）改革。”部长说。
在对《建筑法》进行必要的修改后，大多数新的豁免条款预计将于8月底开始实行。
背景说明:
- 此次修改计划包提供了6个新的豁免条款，扩展了已有的4个豁免条款。计划中包含有关建筑工程的豁免建议，例如：
- 单层独立式建筑，豁免最大面积达30平方米；
- 车棚豁免最大建筑面积为40平方米；
- 遮阳棚豁免最大面积为30平方米；
- 阳台和门廊，豁免最大面积为30平方米；
- 室外壁炉或烤箱；
- 仅用于灌溉和消防的柔性储水囊，豁免储水量达200,000升；
- 无公共交通的私人土地上建造小跨度桥梁；
- 管道支撑结构；
- 农村地区地面安装的太阳能电池板；
- 独立的单层棚房和干草棚。
所有豁免建筑都需要符合建筑标准，更多详情请登录网站：https://www.building.govt.nz/projects-and-consents/planning-a-successful-build/scope-and-design/check-if-you-need-consents/building-consent-exemptions-for-low-risk-work/new-building-consent-exemptions
（以上为简译，仅供参考，具体内容请见原文）
英文原文
Government exempts some home improvements from costly consents
Homeowners, builders and DIYers will soon have an easier time making basic home improvements as the Government scraps the need for consents for low-risk building work such as sleep-outs, sheds and carports – allowing the construction sector to fire back up quicker on larger projects to provide jobs and assist the country’s recovery from Covid-19.
The Government is introducing new exemptions to the Building Act in a move save homeowners $18 million in consenting costs each year, though building work must still meet the Building Code, Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa announced today.
“These changes will save New Zealanders time and money and mean councils can focus on higher-risk building work, boosting the building and construction sector in the COVID-19 recovery,” Jenny Salesa said.
“Single-storey detached buildings up to 30 square metres – such as sleep-outs, sheds and greenhouses; carports; awnings; water storage bladders and others will now not require a Council-approved building consent, which will result in 9000 fewer consents to process a year.
“Some of the new exemptions will utilise the Licensed Builder Practitioners scheme, which recognises the competence of these building practitioners and allows them to join chartered professional engineers and certifying plumbers in having their own suite of exemptions.
“Every New Zealander deserves a warm, dry, safe home, and this Government is finding ways to help build more houses by unclogging the building consent process, making it quicker and more affordable.
“These exemptions are just one part of my broader building system reform programme, which includes Construction Sector Accord Transformation Plan, the Construction Skills Action Plan, and Building Law reforms,” Jenny Salesa said.
Most of the new exemptions are expected to commence at the end of August, after the necessary changes to the Building Act have been made.
