Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 No 84 (as at 23 July 2011), Public Act

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