Fire Service Act 1975

  • repealed
  • Fire Service Act 1975: repealed, on 1 July 2017, by section 195(a) of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
21A Relevant building defined for purposes of sections 21B to 21H

(1)

In sections 21B to 21H, relevant building means a building or part of a building used for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a)

the gathering together, for any purpose, of 100 or more persons:

(b)

providing employment facilities for 10 or more persons:

(c)

providing accommodation for more than 5 persons (other than in 3 or fewer household units):

(d)

a place where hazardous substances are present in quantities exceeding the prescribed minimum amounts, whatever the purpose for which the building is used:

(e)

providing early childhood facilities (other than in a household unit):

(f)

providing nursing, medical, or geriatric care (other than in a household unit):

(g)

providing specialised care for persons with disabilities (other than in a household unit):

(h)

providing accommodation for persons under lawful detention (not being persons serving a sentence of home detention, or community detention, or serving a sentence of imprisonment on home detention, or on parole subject to residential restrictions imposed under section 15 of the Parole Act 2002).

(2)

However, in sections 21B to 21H, relevant building does not include—

(a)

a Crown building, or class of Crown building, that is specified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette; or

(b)

premises of the mission (as defined in Schedule 1 of the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968).

Section 21A: substituted, on 1 October 2006, by section 8 of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 52).

Section 21A(1)(d): substituted, on 7 July 2010, by section 4 of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 65).

Section 21A(1)(h): amended, on 1 October 2007, by section 58 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).