Section 31 — Building Act 2004: Building consent authority must apply for project information memorandum

31 Building consent authority must apply for project information memorandum (1) A building consent authority must,— (a) on receiving an application for a building consent, apply for a project information memorandum to the territorial authority for the district in which the proposed building work is to be situated; and (b) on receiving the project information memorandum from the territorial authority, provide a copy of the memorandum to the owner. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the building consent authority is the territorial authority for the district in which the proposed building work is to be situated (in which case the territorial authority must issue the project information memorandum for the building work and provide a copy of the memorandum to the owner); or (b) a project information memorandum has been issued before the application for a building consent is made.