Changes to Earthquake-prone buildings legislation announced
The Government is scrapping the earthquake-prone building standards system, replacing it with a new regime while ditching seismic rules for whole cities and regions.
The significant changes will mean about 2900 buildings stickered as earthquake prone will no longer be considered a risk by the Government - about 55% of the buildings in the system.
To achieve this, the New Building Standard (NBS) rating system will be replaced with a new scheme by the end of the year.
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(Legislation will be brought to Parliament next year.)
