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Building Act 2004
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46 Safety precaution directions
(a) building work for which a building approval has been issued is
being carried out at or near a street or place that is open to or
used by the public; and
(b) a building inspector or certifier finds, on inspection, that
inadequate safety precautions in relation to the building work
are being taken to protect the safety of people using the street or
place.
1 George is building a swimming pool on his property, but the property is not
yet fenced and is open to the street.
2 Building work is being done on an area of the ground floor of a building in
Civic to which the public have access.
(2) The building inspector or certifier may, in writing, give the building
licensee in charge of the building work directions about the safety
precautions that the inspector or certifier believes on reasonable
grounds are necessary to protect the safety of people using the street
or place.
(3) Subsection (2) applies—
(a) whether or not safety precautions were submitted to the certifier
who issued the building approval; and
(b) if safety precautions were submitted—whether or not those
precautions are being complied with.
(4) The building licensee in charge of the building work must comply
with a direction under subsection (2).