The Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 was passed by Parliament in early May 2016 following much consultation and select committee consideration. Although the Act does not come into force for another two years there are steps councils can take to prepare themselves for the new regime.
- 13 Jul 2016
- 10:00 - 11:00
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- Webinar, New Zealand
About this event
The Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 was passed by Parliament in early May 2016 following much consultation and select committee consideration. Although the Act does not come into force for another two years there are steps councils can take to prepare themselves for the new regime
Hamish Harwood an Associate from Simpson Grierson’s Local Government Team will present this short webinar describing the key parts of the Amendment Act.
The webinar will be focused around the following topics:
- The new risk based approach to assessing and remediating EQP buildings.
- The process and time frames for identifying and remediating EQP Buildings.
- Other associated issues from the Act.
The webinar will also set the path for further potential written guidance or a more detailed webinar that focuses on ‘Are you Ready?’, and what councils need to be to do before the legislation takes effect once regulations have been drafted.
The content of this webinar is applicable across a wide spectrum of Local Government roles including Chief Executives, Executive bodies, LG Lawyers, those with Finance, Corporate and Governance roles, Building Consents teams, LG Environmental and Strategic Planners and Regulatory Managers and Staff.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions of clarification regarding the webinars content.
This webinar is scheduled to take around half an hour but you may wish to schedule an hour in for questions.
Please note a recording will be made available.
Price
$150.00 (+GST) per council
To register please click here.
Note each registration link will only work on one device. To watch on more then one device you will need to register again with a separate e-mail (your council will still only be charged the one fee).
Presenters
Hamish Harwood
Associate Read ProfileHamish Harwood
AssociateHamish is an associate in Simpson Grierson's Local Government and Environment team, based in Wellington.
Hamish has an interest in the building law. He advises local authorities on a variety of building act issues and was the Christchurch City Council's junior lawyer in the Insurance Council of New Zealand's challenge to the Council's Earthquake Prone Building policy which went all the way to the Supreme Court.