17Serious defects—safety risks

17 Serious defects—safety risks

17 Serious defects—safety risks

(1) For the Act, section 3(1), definition of serious defect, paragraph (c), the use of a vertical transportation product in a building is a serious defect if the use of the product in the building poses a risk that persons are or will likely be at risk of death or serious injury.

(2) A risk may be considered to arise from the use of a product in a building even if the risk will only arise in certain circumstances or if some other event occurs.

Example of another event—

fire

(3) In this clause—

vertical transportation product means machinery installed in a building and designed to move persons, vehicles or goods and includes a lift, escalator, moving walkway and parking systems and equipment.

cl 17: Ins 2024 (5), Sch 2.