91Duties of building owners in relation to supplementary fire safety statements

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.

Maximum penalty (subsection (1))—

(a) for a corporation—800 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—400 penalty units.

(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.

(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.

(4) As soon as practicable after issuing a supplementary fire safety statement, 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 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.