81Essential fire safety measures to be maintained

81 Essential fire safety measures to be maintained

81 Essential fire safety measures to be maintained

(1) The owner of a building must maintain each essential fire safety measure for the building—

(a) for an essential fire safety measure specified in a fire safety schedule—to a standard no less than that specified in the schedule, or

(b) for an essential fire safety measure applicable to the building but not specified in the fire safety schedule (an original measure)—to a standard no less than that to which the measure was originally designed and implemented.

Note—

Some pre-1997 buildings may not have a fire safety schedule but essential fire safety measures still apply.

Maximum penalty (subsection (1))—

(a) for a corporation—600 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—300 penalty units.

(2) The owner of a building to which an original measure applies may request from the council a schedule of the original measures for the building.

(3) The council must provide the schedule to the owner as soon as practicable after receiving the request.