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This determination considers the authority’s decision to issue a notice to fix for a contravention of section 40 of the Building Act 2004, relating to building work carried out without building consent.

The determination focuses on whether the building work required building consent, in particular whether the work was exempt under Schedule 1, clause 3B, with specific consideration of the meaning of “not more than 1 storey” and the relationship between the floor level and the supporting ground.

The matter to be determined, under section 177(1)(b) and (2)(f), is whether the authority was correct in its decision to issue a notice to fix for the owners’ structure. In deciding this matter, I must consider whether the structure was exempt from requiring a building consent under Schedule 1 of the Act, and whether the authority had sufficient evidence to consider on reasonable grounds that the building work did not comply with the Building Code.