Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF)

What is the annual Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF)

The Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF) is an annual certificate that proves that:

• specified systems in your building have been inspected and maintained
• all the requirements and procedures of the compliance schedule have been met.

What you need to do

As a building owner you must:

• engage an Independent Qualified Person (IQP) to inspect and certify that the procedures of the specified systems have been completed
  
• ensure a copy of the BWOF certificate is supplied to us on or before the date it is due to expire
  
• supply us with copies of all IQP certificates of compliance and related recommendations
  
• ensure the BWOF certificate is on display in a public area of the building where it can be seen by building users.
  

You may need to supply a BWOF even if you:

Inspections and on-site BWOF audits

Each year we conduct BWOF inspections and audits on randomly selected buildings.

You may be contacted to undergo an audit if:

• it has been more than five years since your building was last audited
• a BWOF renewal is overdue or where there is a history of BWOF renewals being supplied late
• a building has had no building work done for an extended period of time
• the BWOF and compliance schedule have not been reviewed for an extended period
• your building is being investigated as a dangerous building.

Please note: this is not an exhaustive list.

The owner is liable to pay for the inspection.

For more information, see the MBIE website.