18Identification and notification of particular affected buildings

18 Identification and notification of particular affected buildings

18 Identification and notification of particular affected buildings

(1) If the Secretary is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that a particular building is or may be an affected building, the Secretary may issue a notice under this section (an affected building notice).

(2) An affected building notice is to include the following information—

(a) the location of the building that is or may be an affected building,

(b) particulars of the relevant building product use ban,

(c) particulars of the safety risk posed by the use of the building product to which the building product use ban applies.

(3) The Secretary is to give a copy of an affected building notice to the following—

(a) the owner or owners of the building,

(b) the occupier or occupiers of the building,

(c) the council for the area in which the building is located,

(d) a relevant enforcement authority for the building (if the council is not a relevant enforcement authority for the building),

(e) the Commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, if the safety risk posed by the use of the building product relates to a risk of fire.

(4) If the building is the subject of a strata scheme under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, a requirement to give notice to the owner or owners of the building is satisfied if notice is given to the owners corporation constituted under that Act.

(5) The Secretary may publish an affected building notice on the internet, but only if the Secretary considers that it is in the public interest to do so.