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133AX: Notification and availability of EPB methodology
or “The government must tell everyone about the rules for finding earthquake-prone buildings and make sure people can see these rules.”
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“Local council must review and possibly change its decisions if the meaning of building strength or earthquake size is updated”

If the government changes the definition of “ultimate capacity” or “moderate earthquake” in the rules about earthquake-prone buildings, the local council (called a territorial authority) needs to take action. You should know that these definitions are important for deciding if a building is earthquake-prone.

When this happens, the local council must look at all the decisions they’ve made about earthquake-prone buildings. They need to think about whether these past decisions should be changed because of the new definitions.

The council can choose to make their decisions again if they think it’s necessary. If they do remake a decision, they need to follow some special rules. These rules are explained in another part of the law called Section 133AQ(3) and (4).

The council should do all of this as soon as they can after the definitions change. This helps make sure that buildings are still correctly identified as earthquake-prone or not, even when the rules change.

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Part 2 Building
Special provisions for earthquake-prone buildings: Miscellaneous

133AYWhat territorial authority must do if definition of ultimate capacity or moderate earthquake amended

  1. This section applies if the definition of ultimate capacity or moderate earthquake, as set out in regulations made for the purpose of section 133AB (meaning of earthquake-prone building), is amended or replaced.

  2. As soon as is reasonably practicable after the definition is amended or replaced, a territorial authority—

  3. must consider whether any decision that it has made under this subpart should be reassessed in the light of the changes to the definition; and
    1. may remake the decision.

      1. Section 133AQ(3) and (4) applies if a decision is remade under this section.

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