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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes - Evacuation schemes

75: Relevant building defined for purposes of sections 76 to 79

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When you read sections 76 to 79, a relevant building means a building or part of a building used for certain purposes. You will know it is a relevant building if it is used for things like gathering 100 or more people, or providing employment facilities for 10 or more people. It can also be a building that provides accommodation for 6 or more people, or provides an early childhood education and care centre, or nursing and medical care. You should also know that a relevant building can be a place where hazardous substances are present in large quantities. However, some buildings are not considered relevant buildings, like premises of a mission as defined in the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968. In this context, an early childhood education and care centre has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020. When you are reading about relevant buildings, you need to remember that it does not include certain types of buildings, like those used for diplomatic missions. You can find more information about what a relevant building is by reading the sections 76 to 79. A relevant building can also be a place that provides specialised care for people with disabilities, or accommodation for people under lawful detention, as outlined in the Parole Act 2002.

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75Relevant building defined for purposes of sections 76 to 79

  1. In sections 76 to 79, relevant building means—

  2. a building or part of a building used for 1 or more of the following purposes:
    1. the gathering together, for any purpose, of 100 or more persons:
      1. providing employment facilities for 10 or more persons:
        1. providing accommodation for 6 or more persons (other than in 3 or fewer household units):
          1. providing an early childhood education and care centre (other than in a household unit):
            1. providing nursing, medical, or geriatric care (other than in a household unit):
              1. providing specialised care for persons with disabilities (other than in a household unit):
                1. providing accommodation for persons under lawful detention (not being persons serving a sentence of home detention or community detention, or serving a sentence of imprisonment on home detention, or on parole subject to residential restrictions imposed under section 15 of the Parole Act 2002):
                  1. any other prescribed purpose; or
                  2. a building or part of a building (other than a household unit) where hazardous substances are present in quantities exceeding the prescribed minimum amounts, whatever the purpose for which the building is used.

                    1. However, in sections 76 to 79, relevant building does not include premises of a mission (as defined in section 2(1) of the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968).

                    2. In this section, early childhood education and care centre has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020.

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                    • Section 75(1): replaced, on , by section 48 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 75).
                    • Section 75(3): amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).