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Building Act 2004

Building - Special provisions for buildings affected by emergency

133BA: Purpose of this subpart

You could also call this:

“This part explains how to take care of buildings in places where something bad has happened.”

This part of the law is about managing buildings in areas affected by an emergency. It applies to all buildings in areas that have been officially designated as emergency-affected. The law aims to help you understand how buildings are taken care of when something serious, like a natural disaster, happens in your area.

When a place is marked as an emergency area, this law kicks in for all the buildings there. It doesn’t matter what kind of building it is - houses, shops, schools, or anything else. The main goal is to make sure buildings are safe and properly looked after during and after an emergency.

The law mentions that areas get designated under [section 133BC]. This means there’s another part of the law that explains how and when an area is officially called an emergency area. If you want to know more about that process, you can check out that section.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS297650.

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Part 2 Building
Special provisions for buildings affected by emergency

133BAPurpose of this subpart

  1. The purpose of this subpart is to provide for the management of buildings located in an area that has been affected by an emergency.

  2. This subpart applies to all buildings in an area that is designated under section 133BC.

Notes
  • Section 133BA: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Building Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 27).