23Council to report to Secretary on response

23 Council to report to Secretary on response

23 Council to report to Secretary on response

(1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing served on a council that has been given an affected building notice, require the council to provide a report to the Secretary about the steps it has taken in relation to the affected building notice.

(2) The report is to indicate or include the following—

(a) whether the council has made a building product rectification order in respect of the building the subject of the affected building notice,

(b) whether the order has been complied with or the progress that has been made towards compliance with the order,

(c) any other steps that are being taken by the council to ensure that the building the subject of the affected building notice is made safe,

(d) such other matters as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(3) If the council has not made a building product rectification order in respect of the building the subject of the affected building notice, the report is to set out the council’s reasons for not making the order.

(4) The report is to be provided to the Secretary within the period specified by the Secretary in the notice (being a period of not less than 30 days after the notice is served).

(5) The Secretary may require more than one report to be provided under this section in respect of a building.

(6) The Secretary may publish a report provided by the council under this section on the internet.

(7) The Secretary may withhold from publication any information in the report that identifies the particular building that is the subject of the affected building notice.