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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities of chief executive - Functions, duties, and powers of chief executive generally

170: Chief executive must consult in performing certain functions

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“The boss must ask for help when making decisions about fire safety and disability issues.”

When you are the chief executive, you need to talk to certain people when doing some of your jobs. If you’re giving advice, approving things, or making decisions about fire safety and how buildings are designed to be safe from fires, you must talk to Fire and Emergency New Zealand. If you’re dealing with issues that affect people with disabilities, you need to talk to the person in charge of the government department that looks after disability matters.

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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Functions, duties, and powers of chief executive generally

170Chief executive must consult in performing certain functions

  1. The chief executive must, in performing his or her functions, consult with,—

  2. in the case of functions that involve advice, approval, and determinations about fire safety and fire-engineering practice, Fire and Emergency New Zealand:
    1. in the case of disability issues, the chief executive of the department of State responsible for disability issues.

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        • Section 170(a): amended, on , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).