Section 150 — Building Act 2004: Owner of dam must supply annual dam compliance certificate

150 Owner of dam must supply annual dam compliance certificate (1) An owner of a dam for which a dam safety assurance programme has been approved, or is deemed to have been approved, must supply to the regional authority a dam compliance certificate in accordance with subsection (2) . (2) The dam compliance certificate must— (a) be supplied on each anniversary of the approval, or deemed approval, of the dam safety assurance programme; and (b) state that all procedures in the dam safety assurance programme have been fully complied with during the previous 12 months; and (c) be signed by,— (i) if the owner is an individual, that individual; or (ii) if the owner is a body corporate, the chief executive of that body corporate or, if there is no chief executive, a person with an equivalent position in the body corporate; and (d) be in the prescribed form; and (e) contain the prescribed information; and (f) have attached to it a certificate from an engineer that— (i) confirms that— (A) the engineer has reviewed the owner's reports and other documents relating to the procedures in the dam safety assurance programme that the owner has followed in the previous 12 months; and (B) all procedures in the dam safety assurance programme have been complied with during the previous 12 months; and (ii) states that the engineer is a recognised engineer; and (iii) has attached to it evidence that the engineer is a recognised engineer. (3) The owner must publicly display a copy of the dam compliance certificate in a prominent place on the dam. (4) A person commits an offence if the person knowingly— (a) fails to display a dam compliance certificate that is required to be displayed under this section; or (b) displays a false or misleading dam compliance certificate; or (c) displays a dam compliance certificate otherwise than in accordance with this section. (5) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000. Compare: 1991 No 150 s 45(1), (2)