Section 143 — Building Act 2004: Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam safety assurance programme
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143 Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam safety assurance programme (1) A regional authority must, as soon as practicable after receiving a dam safety assurance programme, give written notice to the relevant owner as to whether the regional authority— (a) approves the dam safety assurance programme; or (b) refuses to approve the dam safety assurance programme. (2) A regional authority may refuse to approve a dam safety assurance programme only if the regional authority is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the engineer who provided the certificate referred to in section 142(1)(b) is not a recognised engineer.
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