133AHTerritorial authority must request engineering assessment of potentially earthquake-prone buildings

1. If a territorial authority identifies a building or a part of a building as potentially earthquake prone, the territorial authority must ask the owner of the building or part to provide an engineering assessment of the building or part.

2. The request must—

3. be in writing; and
4. be dated; and
5. identify the building or the part of a building that the territorial authority has identified as potentially earthquake prone; and
6. explain the basis on which the territorial authority has identified the building or the part of the building as potentially earthquake prone; and
7. explain the owner’s obligations under section 133AI; and
8. state whether the building is a priority building; and
9. state the due date for the engineering assessment, which must be 12 months after the date of the request; and
10. explain that if the owner is not reasonably able to provide an engineering assessment by the due date (for example, because of a shortage of people qualified to conduct engineering assessments), the owner may apply under section 133AJ for an extension of up to 12 months; and
11. explain the consequences of the owner failing to provide the engineering assessment by the due date; and
12. explain what will happen if the territorial authority determines that the building or the part of the building is earthquake prone.

Notes

• Section 133AH: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by section 24 of the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 22).