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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities of chief executive - Powers of chief executive to investigate building failures

207S: Offence to obstruct investigation or fail to provide information or document

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“You could get in trouble if you stop people from looking into why a building failed or if you don't give them the information they need.”

If you get in the way of an investigation into a building failure, or if you don’t give information or documents when asked as per section 207M, you’re breaking the law. This includes purposely blocking, stopping, or resisting the investigation. If you’re found guilty, you’ll have to pay a fine. For a person, the fine can be up to $10,000. For a company or organisation, the fine can be up to $50,000.

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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Powers of chief executive to investigate building failures

207SOffence to obstruct investigation or fail to provide information or document

  1. A person who wilfully obstructs, hinders, or resists the investigation of a building failure, or who wilfully fails to provide any information or document as required by section 207M,—

  2. commits an offence; and
    1. is liable on conviction,—
      1. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000; or
        1. in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

        Notes
        • Section 207S: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Building Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 27).