Description

Regarding the refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for a house at 54 Potae Avenue, Lytton West, Gisborne

Scope

This determination arises from the decision of the authority to refuse to issue a code compliance certificate for a house. The authority was not satisfied that the building work complied with Clauses B2 Durability and E2 External moisture of the Building Code (First Schedule, Building Regulations 1992).

The matter to be determined is whether the authority correctly exercised its powers of decision when it refused to issue the code compliance certificate on the basis of non-compliance with Clauses E2 and B2 of the Building Code.

In making this decision I must consider whether the house complies with these clauses. I have not considered any other building elements or other clauses of the Building Code in this determination.