VICIn ForceAct
Building Act 1993
94Survey of adjoining property
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 94
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Building Act 1993.
94 Survey of adjoining property
(1) Before the commencement of any protection work, the owner or the owner's agent in company with the adjoining owner or the adjoining owner's agent, must—
(a) make a full and adequate survey of the adjoining property; and
(b) record in writing or by any other means any of the parties desires all existing cracks and defects in the adjoining property.
(2) The record must be signed or otherwise acknowledged as an agreed record of the condition of the adjoining property before the commencement of any protection work.
(3) The record is admissible in evidence in any proceedings relating to the adjoining property and is evidence of the condition of the adjoining property at the time the record was made.