Section 171 — Building Act 2004: Chief executive may seek advice from building advisory panel

171 Chief executive may seek advice from building advisory panel (1) The chief executive may, at any time, seek advice from a building advisory panel appointed under section 172 on— (a) current and emerging trends in building design, building technologies, and other factors that may affect— (i) the building code and compliance documents: (ii) any warnings issued, or bans declared, under section 26 in relation to any building method or product: (iii) any guidance information published by the chief executive under section 175 : (b) whether this Act or the regulations are achieving their purpose: (c) building issues that are not covered by this Act, but which the panel considers should be dealt with by legislation: (d) any other matter that the chief executive considers appropriate for the panel to advise on. (2) The chief executive must consider, but is not bound by, any advice given by the panel.