Part 2
Building
Special provisions for earthquake-prone buildings:
Remediation of earthquake-prone buildings
133APEPB notices and EPB exemption notices to be attached to earthquake-prone buildings
As soon as practicable after issuing an EPB notice or an EPB exemption notice for a building or a part of a building, the territorial authority must—
- attach, or require the owner of the building or part to attach, the notice in a prominent place on or adjacent to the building; and
- remove, or authorise the owner of the building or part to remove, any superseded EPB notice or EPB exemption notice that is attached on or adjacent to the building.
If an EPB notice or an EPB exemption notice ceases to be attached in a prominent place on or adjacent to a building, or becomes illegible,—
- the owner of the building or the part of the building to which the notice relates must notify the territorial authority of that fact; and
- the territorial authority must issue a replacement notice; and
- subsection (1) applies to the replacement notice.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the removal of the notice is authorised by or under this subpart.
Notes
- Section 133AP: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 22).