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BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 199

199 .         Fire escapes

        (1)         In this section —

        notice means a notice under section 413(1) of the former provisions.

        (2)         A notice that was served on the owner of a building before commencement day is, on and from commencement day, to be taken to be a copy of a building order served on that person.

        (3)         Section 111 does not apply to a notice taken to be a building order under subsection (2).

        (4)         A review under section 413(3) of the former provisions that was started, but not finalised, before commencement day must be dealt with as if the former provisions had not been amended by Part 15 Division 1, and if the decision to make the requisition is affirmed or varied on the review —

            (a)         the notice is to be taken to be a building order on the terms applying to the requisition or the requisition on its variation; and

            (b)         section 118 applies in relation to non-compliance with an order made on the review.

        (5)         Section 115 does not apply to a notice taken to be a building order under subsection (2) —

            (a)         if no application for review was made before commencement day, until 12 months have elapsed since the notice was served; or

            (b)         if an application for review is made before commencement day, until 12 months have elapsed since the review was finalised.

        (6)         Despite the Interpretation Act 1984 section 37(1), section 413(4) of the former provisions does not apply in relation to the installation or erection of fire escapes on or after commencement day.



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