2026/009: An authority’s decision to issue a notice to fix for building work at a residential property

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This determination considers an authority’s decision to issue a notice to fix for a contravention of section 40 in relation to several items of building work.

It considers whether a notice to fix can be issued for work which has been completed at the time the notice is issued, and whether an authority must know when the building work occurred. The determination also considers the remedies in the notice to fix.

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