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Building Act 2004

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

175A: Chief executive may provide dispute resolution services

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“The person in charge can choose to help solve problems between people building homes.”

The chief executive can choose to help you if you have a disagreement about your residential building contract. This means if you’re having problems with someone about building or fixing your home, the chief executive might step in to help sort things out. The chief executive doesn’t have to do this, but they can if they want to. If you want to know exactly what a residential building contract is, you can look at section 362B(1) of the law for more details.

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

175AChief executive may provide dispute resolution services

  1. The chief executive may, at his or her discretion, provide services to assist in the resolution of any dispute arising under a residential building contract (as defined in section 362B(1)).

Notes
  • Section 175A: inserted, on , by section 48 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).