The Otago Regional Council will be reviewed as a building consent authority after an audit found 25 non-compliances in its processes, five of which were considered ''serious''.
The council's policy, planning and resource management director Tanya Winter said she was not concerned about the findings and all issues had been corrected.
The audit by International Accreditation New Zealand was undertaken in April.
It said the council had until mid-August to rectify the 25 factors of non-compliance.
It would be reassessed with a ''Special Focus Assessment'' in October because of the ''significant'' number of non-compliances.
It is usually audited every two years.
The council is one of three regional council building consent authorities in New Zealand.
It is responsible for consents for dams in Otago, Southland and on the West Coast.
Ms Winter said she was not concerned about the findings and the infractions were ''administrative''.
''Put it this way, if we were at any risk of losing our accreditation, it would be outlined in the report.''
A major infraction just meant the council may have to adopt a new process to improve the way it processed consents, she said.
The council had only seven consents through this process last year and none so far this year, she said.
It was investigating transitioning the responsibility to another authority, but this would require community consultation, she said.
The report particularly took issue with a code compliance certificate issued for a dam when the lead consultant recommended it not be issued because ''records available did not demonstrate compliance with the consent''.
However, it was issued after further advice from an in-house technical leader, the report said.
Ms Winter said it was a small irrigation dam on a farm.
The agency felt it was a process which needed ''tidied up''.
''But if it was a consent that we had issued completely incorrectly it would be a different process.''
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment building systems assurance manager Paul Hobbs said it was aware of the non-compliances and if they continued it could affect the authority's decision to maintain the council's accreditation.
''MBIE is confident Otago Regional Council will appropriately address these non-compliances.''
