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371: Proceedings for infringement offences
or “How the law deals with small rule-breaking: you can go to court or get a special notice”
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“People allowed to give out tickets for breaking building rules”

You can get an infringement notice from two types of people. The first is someone the chief executive has allowed to do this job. The second is an officer from your local council who has been given permission by the council to give out these notices.

When the law talks about a ‘person’ in this part and in some other parts, it means a real human being, not a company or group.

If you want to know more about who can give out infringement notices, you can look at section 371B. For information about what happens after you get a notice, check section 371D.

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or “This law explains who can give out tickets for building rule-breaking and how they get permission to do it.”
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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Other offences and criminal proceedings: Proceedings for infringement offences

371AWho may issue infringement notices

  1. The following persons may issue infringement notices:

  2. any person who has been authorised by the chief executive under section 371B(1):
    1. any officer of a territorial authority who has been authorised by the territorial authority under section 371B(2).

      1. In this section and in sections 371B and 371D, person means a natural person.

      Notes
      • Section 371A: inserted, on , by section 62 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).