New Zealand Legislation: Acts

27 How addition under section 26(1) or (2) effected

• (1) To add the owner of a dwellinghouse in a multi-unit complex or stand-alone complex to a claim in respect of the complex under section 26(1), the representative must give the chief executive—

  • (a) a written notice that the owner wishes the claim to extend to his or her dwellinghouse; and

  • (b) a copy of a written notice from the owner—

    • (i) authorising the representative to take action (unless the person concerned is taken to be the representative under section 21(2), in which case that kind of authorisation is not required); and

    • (ii) authorising invasive testing by an assessor relating to the owner's dwellinghouse.

  (2) To add the owner of a dwellinghouse in a multi-unit complex or stand-alone complex to a claim in respect of the complex under section 26(2), the representative must—

  • (a) apply to the tribunal, in writing, and in a form (if any) approved for the purpose by the chair, for its consent under section 26(2); and

  • (b) give the tribunal a copy of a written notice from the owner—

    • (i) authorising the representative to take action (unless the person concerned is taken to be the representative under section 21(2), in which case that kind of authorisation is not required); and

    • (ii) authorising invasive testing by an assessor relating to the owner's dwellinghouse; and

  • (c) obtain the tribunal's consent under section 26(2).