(1)
A building consent authority must,—
on receiving an application for a building consent, apply for a project information memorandum to the territorial authority for the district in which the proposed building work is to be situated; and
on receiving the project information memorandum from the territorial authority, provide a copy of the memorandum to the owner.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if—
the building consent authority is the territorial authority for the district in which the proposed building work is to be situated; or
a project information memorandum has been issued before the application for a building consent is made.
Section 31(2)(a): amended, on 1 February 2010, by section 10 of the Building Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 25).