89Duties of building owners in relation to annual fire safety statements

#### 89 Duties of building owners in relation to annual fire safety statements 89 Duties of building owners in relation to annual fire safety statements > > (1) The owner of a building to which an essential fire safety measure applies must give the council an annual fire safety statement for the building. > > > > Maximum penalty (subsection (1))— > > > > > (a) for a corporation—800 penalty units, or > > > > > (b) for an individual—400 penalty units. > > > (2) The owner must give the annual fire safety statement to the council within the later of— > > > > > (a) 12 months after an annual fire safety statement was previously given to the council, or > > > > > (b) if a fire safety certificate has been issued within the previous 12 months—12 months after the certificate was issued. > > > (3) Failure to give an annual fire safety statement to the council within the time required by subsection (2) is a separate offence for each week that the failure continues after the expiry of the required time. > > > (4) As soon as practicable after an annual fire safety statement is issued for a building, the owner of the building must— > > > > > (a) give a copy of the statement and a copy of the current fire safety schedule to the Fire Commissioner, and > > > > > (b) ensure a copy of the statement and a copy of the current fire safety schedule are prominently displayed in the building. > > > > Maximum penalty (subsection (4)(b))—55 penalty units. > > > (5) Subsection (4)(b) ceases to apply to an annual fire safety statement only when each essential fire safety measure specified in the statement has become the subject of a later fire safety certificate or fire safety statement. > > > (6) A requirement in this section to give a fire safety statement to a council is a requirement to give the statement to the Minister, if the statement relates to premises in the Alpine Region under [State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts—Regional) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0727), Chapter 4. > > **s 89:** Am 2022 (790), sec 4.