Description

Regarding the proposal to issue a notice to fix in respect of a portable unit and whether the unit is a building or vehicle at 82 Scarborough Street, Kaikoura, and whether the unit is a building or vehicle

Scope

This determination arises from the authority's view that the portable unit is a building for the purposes of the Act and accordingly building consent was required for the portable unit installed on site. The authority advised the owner that a notice to fix would be issued.

The matter to be determined is therefore the exercise of the authority's powers of decision in its proposed issue of a notice to fix. In considering this matter, it must be considered whether the portable unit comes within the definition of a building in section 8 of the Act.