TRUE OR FALSE

* The Construction Contracts Act 2002 was amended some while ago to say that all contracts to perform construction work are enforceable only if they are written

*By the'contractual chain' if work is done by a subcontractor is defective, the subcontractor is in breach of contract and is liable to the contractor for any loss caused to the contractor by the subcontractor's breach. The contractor is in turn liable to the employer for any loss caused to the employer by the subcontractor's breach.

* There may be several 'links' in such a 'chain', for example the employer contracts with the contractor which subcontracts mechanical services to a subcontractor which subcontracts air conditioning to a subcontractor which subcontracts ventilation work to a subcontractor which subcontracts ducting to a subcontractor, which subcontracts the manufacture of the ductingto a subcontractor and installs the ducting itself.

* A project information memorandum [PIM] must contain special features of land to be built on, including without limitation, potential natural hazards, and the presence of all hazardous contaminants

* A land information memorandum [LIM] will show for example whether rates are owing on property

* Both PIMs and LIMs are documents created by the Building Act

* The building code prescribes functional requirements for buildings and the performance criteria with which buildings must comply in their intended use

* A person must not carry out building work except in accordance with a building consent but some building work does not need a building consent

* If a building does not need a building consent it does not have to comply with the building code

* A building consent authority must grant a building consent if it is satisfied the provisions of the building code would be met by doing the building work indicated by the plans and specifications accompanying the application, and assuming all fees are paid and other necessary approvals such as may be required under the Resource Management Act had been obtained

* The building consent authority must issue a code compliance certificate when it is satisfied that the work performs complies with the building code

*If work has been already done for which a building consent was required, but not obtained, a certificate of acceptance can be applied for instead

* A specified system is a system or feature contained in or attached to a building which contributes to the proper functioning of the building and which is declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be a specified system

* An automatic sprinkler system is not an example of a specified system

* Any building with a specified system needs a compliance schedule

* Not every building with an automatic sprinkler system needs a compliance schedule

* For each specified system the compliance schedule sets out: its type, its make where known, its performance standards, and its inspection, maintenance, and reporting procedures

* The Building Act recognises a cable car operating outside a building, with cables for traction to pull people or goods up inclined planes [fairly commonplace in Wellington] as being a "vehicle", and the building it serves does not need a compliance schedule

* Cable cars come within the definition of "building" under the Building Act 2004, both non-moving parts and moving parts when attached to or servicing a building

* If a cable car serves or is attached to more than one building, each building it serves or is attached toneeds a separate compliance schedule