This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 November 2004, does 2 things.

First, the order removes from the list of the Departments of the Public Service that is contained in Schedule 1 of the State Sector Act 1988 the name of the Ministry of Housing and adds the name of the Department of Building and Housing. This is required to reflect the change in the name of the Ministry of Housing to the Department of Building and Housing.

Secondly, the order applies some of the employee provisions of the State Sector Act 1988 to employees affected by the transfer of some of the functions of the Ministry of Economic Development to the Department of Building and Housing. The provisions applied are—

• section 30E relating to the restriction of compensation for technical redundancy. As a result, a Ministry of Economic Development employee who is offered equivalent employment with the Department of Building and Housing, or who accepts other employment with the Department of Building and Housing, is not entitled to receive compensation for technical redundancy:

• section 30F, which disapplies some of the State Sector Act 1988 provisions that usually apply to appointments. As a result, the Department of Building and Housing is not obliged to comply with some standard obligations, for example, the obligation to notify a vacancy before appointing a Ministry of Economic Development employee:

• section 30G, which relates to the application of collective agreements. As a result, any collective employment agreement that relates to transferring employees will continue to apply to those employees after the transfer, but only in so far as it relates to those employees.

The functions that are transferred, and to which this order relates, are as follows:

• the administration of the following Acts:

• the Architects Act 1963:

• the Building Act 1991:

• the Building Act 2004:

• the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002:

• the Construction Contracts Act 2002:

• the Engineering Associates Act 1961:

• providing information and policy advice to the Government in relation to building and construction and related matters, including weathertightness.