26BReport of environmental health officer for certificates of likely compliance (notifiable building work)

26B Report of environmental health officer for certificates of likely compliance (notifiable building work)

[Regulation 26B Inserted by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017]

(1)  For the purposes of section 98(1)(g) of the Act, a report from an environmental health officer is a prescribed matter to be taken into account in relation to a certificate of likely compliance (notifiable building work) if the notifiable building work proposed to be performed under that certificate is to be performed in respect of food premises or proposed food premises.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply in respect of notifiable building work that is determined by the Director of Building Control to be minor in nature.

(3)  A building surveyor who receives an application for a certificate of likely compliance (notifiable building work) in respect of which a report is required under subregulation (1) is to submit to the environmental health officer within the specified period –

(a) a written request, in an approved form, for the report; and

(b) details of the nature of the foods intended to be prepared, and the types of manufacturing processes intended to be undertaken, on the premises; and

(c) if the application for a certificate of likely compliance (notifiable building work) included a copy of a Food Premises Verification Analysis, 3 copies of the Analysis; and

(d) any relevant drawings, specifications or other documents that relate to the relevant work.

(4)  On receipt of a written request under subregulation (3) in respect of proposed notifiable building work, the environmental health officer is to prepare a report, in an approved form, that –

(a) states, in the opinion of the environmental health officer, whether or not each deemed-to-satisfy solution to be used as part of the proposed work is satisfactory to meet the relevant performance requirements of the National Construction Code; and

(b) may state, in the opinion of the environmental health officer, whether or not each performance solution to be used as part of the proposed work is satisfactory to meet the relevant performance requirements of the National Construction Code; and