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13National Construction Code may be modified in certain circumstances
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### 13 National Construction Code may be modified in certain circumstances
> > (1) An environmental health officer may determine that a provision of the National Construction Code in relation to food premises be altered in certain circumstances.
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> > (2) A building surveyor may determine that a provision of the National Construction Code in relation to farm buildings or historic buildings be altered in certain circumstances.
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> > (3) A determination under subsection (1) or (2) –
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> > > > (a) must not impose a higher standard than the standard imposed by the provision of the National Construction Code being altered by the determination; and
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> > > > (b) is to be in accordance with any prescribed requirements; and
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> > > > (c) is taken to modify the National Construction Code as it applies in the circumstances to which the determination relates.
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> > (4) A determination under subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to work if –
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> > > > (a) a certificate of likely compliance has been issued in respect of the work before the determination takes effect; and
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> > > > (b) the work is completed before that certificate of likely compliance expires.