New Zealand Legislation: Acts

20 Representative claims in respect of common areas only in multi-unit complexes

• The representative of some or all of the owners of dwellinghouses in a multi-unit complex may bring a claim under this Act in respect of any common areas as if those areas were a single dwellinghouse, and as if the representative were its owner, if—

  • (a) subsection (1), (2), or (3) (as the case requires) of section 22 has been complied with; and

  • (b) the representative (or, in the case of a body corporate, an officer or member of the representative) attaches to the application for an assessor's report—

    • (i) a written notice authorising invasive testing by an assessor relating to those areas; and

    • (ii) a statutory declaration that subsection (1), (2), or (3) (as the case requires) of section 22 has been complied with.