Plumbers, Gasfitters
and Drainlayers Board
Building Consent Authority
Building Consent Authorities (BCAs) play an important role in the plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying industry by checking buildings are safe for New Zealanders to live in.
What does Good Supervision look like?
Consent issues
The Board can only get involved in consent matters when they point to a wider issue. If the concern is purely about the consent itself, that sits with the BCA. But if the consent issue suggests there may be problems with a practitioner's competence or compliance, then it can become part of our investigation.
See MBIE's Building Performance website for more information:
Producer statements | Building Performance
Guides for building officials | Building Performance
Checking licences and understanding registration classes
What to look for when checking a licence
Registration numbers
Registration numbers are unique identifiers issued by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board. These numbers are classed as private information, used for internal purposes only, and must not be shared. To prevent misuse, such as someone using another person's number to sign off official documents, the Board does not publish these numbers. This approach follows the Privacy Act 2020, which requires organisations to minimise the risk of misuse of unique identifiers.
Photos
The Board does not have legal authority to compel provision of a photo for an authorisation under the Act or Regulations.
Check the register
What to do when you find unsafe gasfitting
If you come across unsafe gasfitting, in the first instance please contact WorkSafe immediately using the link below.
Please also contact compliance@pgdb.co.nz within 5 working days with details of the incident.
Make a complaint or send notifications to the Board
You can make a complaint on our short complaint form for BCAs at the link below or you can send a notification to compliance@pgdb.co.nz
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As-built templates
Self-certification of plumbing and drainlaying work
In April 2025, the Minister for Building and Construction announced that Government will be introducing a self-certification scheme for plumbing and drainlaying. The scheme will allow eligible practitioners to certify their own straightforward plumbing and drainlaying work, removing the need for this work to be inspected by BCAs as part of the building consent process.
We will engage with Councils on the Board's role in the scheme and publish information as details are finalised.
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