Building (Earthquake-prone Building Deadlines and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
This bill gives building owners more time to fix buildings that have been officially identified as earthquake-prone. It adds four extra years to existing deadlines for doing the required strengthening or demolition work. The government can also add up to two more years on top of that using a special order. The bill also creates a new offence for inspectors who falsely sign off that safety systems in buildings are working properly, and makes a few other small changes to how building rules work.
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Owners of buildings officially labelled as earthquake-prone get four extra years to do the required strengthening or demolition work, with the possibility of up to two more years after that.
The bill would amend the Building Act 2004 to extend by four years the remediation deadlines for buildings that are subject to earthquake-prone building notices.
The deadline is the latter of— (a) 4 years after the deadline specified in the relevant EPB notice: (b) the date to which that deadline is extended by Order in Council referred to in section 133AMC.
The deadlines under sections 133AMA and section 133AMB may be extended once only by a period not exceeding 2 years.
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