Description

This determination arises from the decision of the territorial authority to refuse to issue a code compliance certificate for a six-month-old addition to an existing house ('the addition') because a condition imposed on the building consent had not been complied with and the territorial authority did not believe it had reasonable grounds to establish that the foundations complied with the building consent. The matter for determination is whether the territorial authority's decision not to issue a code compliance certificate, because the pre-pour inspections of the excavation and reinforcing steel for the concrete floor slab were not carried out by an engineer or other nominated professional, is correct.