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Building Act 2004
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81 Safe live load plates
(1) If a certificate is issued under this part on the completion of a class 5,
class 6, class 7, class 8 or class 9 building or on the completion of the
alteration of such a building, the owner of the building must attach,
in a conspicuous place on the walls of each storey of the building, in
a way approved by the construction occupations registrar, the number
of metal plates of a size and form approved by the registrar showing
the maximum live load for which the floor on that storey has been
designed.
(2) An approval under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.
(3) The owner of a building commits an offence if—
(a) the building is altered; and
(b) a later certificate is issued under this part for the altered building;
and
(c) when the certificate is issued, the safe live load for a floor of the
altered building is different from that shown for that floor on the
metal plates attached to the walls of the floor under
subsection (1); and
(d) the owner does not substitute other plates showing the current
maximum safe live load for the floor.
(4) The owner of the building must maintain each plate attached under
this section.
(5) A person must not occupy a building or part of a building in relation
to which plates are required to be attached or substituted under this
section before they have been so attached or substituted.
(6) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.