22 Dec 2014
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY v THE INSURANCE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED [2014] NZSC 193
- Citation
- [2014] NZSC 193
- Court
- Supreme Court
Reading s122(1) as a single provision ties both capacity and likelihood-of-collapse limbs to a 'moderate earthquake' (the reg 7 one-third/34% of NBS benchmark); s124(2)(c)(i) authorises a territorial authority to require work to remove the characteristics that make a building earthquake-prone as defined in s122, and does not permit requiring strengthening to a standard exceeding what is necessary to bring the building above that statutory benchmark; appeal dismissed.