Description

Regarding the refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for an 18-year-old house at 25 Chorley Grove, Wellington

Scope

This determination arises from the decision of the authority to refuse to issue a code compliance certificate for the house because it was not satisfied that the building work complies with the Building Code (Schedule 1, Building Regulations 1992) that was current at the time the consent was issued.

The matter to be determined is therefore whether the authority correctly exercised its powers when it refused to issue a code compliance certificate for the house. In making this decision I must consider the grounds on which the authority made its decision, and whether the building work complies with the Building Code that was current at the time the building consent was issued.