Section 198 — Building Act 2004: Effect of suspension

198 Effect of suspension (1) A building consent authority is not registered, for the purposes of this Part and Part 2 , for the period for which the authority's registration is suspended under section 197(2) . (2) At the end of the period of suspension, the authority's registration is immediately revived (unless there is some other ground to suspend or revoke that authority's registration). (3) Despite subsection (1) , the chief executive may authorise a building consent authority to perform limited functions as a building consent authority during the period of suspension if the chief executive is satisfied that doing so is necessary in the public interest (for example, to enable code compliance certificates to be issued by the authority in respect of building consents that were granted before the date of suspension). (4) An authority given under subsection (3) may— (a) be subject to any conditions that the chief executive thinks fit; and (b) be revoked by the chief executive at any time. Section 198(1): amended, on 15 March 2008, by section 38(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4). Subsection (1) was amended, as from 14 April 2005, by section 16(2)(l) Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31) by substituting the words “ An authority ” for the words “ A person ” . Subsection (1) was amended, as from 14 April 2005, by section 16(2)(j) Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31) by substituting the word “ authority's ” for the word “ person's ” . Subsection (2) was amended, as from 14 April 2005, by section 16(2)(j) Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31) by substituting the word “ authority's ” for the word “ person's ” wherever it occurs. Section 198(3): amended, on 15 March 2008, by section 38(2)(b) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4). Section 198(3): amended, on 15 March 2008, by section 38(2)(a) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4). Subsection (3) was amended, as from 14 April 2005, by section 16(2)(m) Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31) by substituting the words “ an authority ” for the words “ a person ” .