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  • repealed
  • Fire Service Act 1975: repealed, on 1 July 2017, by section 195(a) of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
21B Owner must provide and maintain evacuation scheme for relevant building

(1)

The owner of a relevant building must provide and maintain an evacuation scheme that is designed to enable evacuation from the scene of a fire safely and within a reasonable time,—

(a)

if the building has an automatic sprinkler system, to a place of safety inside or outside the building; and

(b)

in every other case, to a place of safety outside the building.

(2)

However, the owner of a relevant building is not required to provide and maintain an evacuation scheme for the building if—

(a)

the building is used for a purpose specified in section 21A(1)(b) or (c); and

(b)

the building has an automatic sprinkler system.

(3)

Subsection (2) is subject to section 21E.

(4)

In this section,—

automatic sprinkler system means an automatic sprinkler system that satisfies the minimum standard required by regulations made under section 92(2)(ne)

evacuation scheme means an evacuation scheme that complies with regulations made under section 92(2)(nd)

owner, in relation to a building for which a unit plan within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Unit Titles Act 2010 has been deposited, means the body corporate.

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

Section 21B(4) owner: amended, on 20 June 2011, by section 233(1) of the Unit Titles Act 2010 (2010 No 22).