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91Duties of building owners in relation to supplementary fire safety statements
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#### 91 Duties of building owners in relation to supplementary fire safety statements
91 Duties of building owners in relation to supplementary fire safety statements
> > (1) If a critical fire safety measure is specified in the fire safety schedule for a building, the owner of the building must ensure the council is given a supplementary fire safety statement for the measure in accordance with this section.
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> > Maximum penalty (subsection (1))—
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> > > (a) for a corporation—800 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) for an individual—400 penalty units.
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> > (2) A supplementary fire safety statement must be provided at the intervals, of less than 12 months, specified for the measure in the current fire safety schedule for the building.
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> > (3) Failure to provide the statement within the time specified is a separate offence for each week that the failure continues after the expiry of the specified time.
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> > (4) As soon as practicable after issuing a supplementary fire safety statement, the owner of the building must—
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> > > (a) give a copy of the statement and a copy of the current fire safety schedule to the Fire Commissioner, and
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> > > (b) ensure a copy of the statement and a copy of the current fire safety schedule are prominently displayed in the building.
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> > Maximum penalty (subsection (4)(b))—55 penalty units.
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> > (5) Subsection (4)(b) ceases to apply to a supplementary fire safety statement only when each critical fire safety measure specified in the statement has become the subject of a later fire safety certificate or fire safety statement.