Re letters, Mr Stevenson and Mr Harlen, Tauranga City Council responds on compliance at Baypark:

No action was taken against the previous owner of Baypark under Section 363 of the Building Act as all the relevant outstanding consents were issued with a Code of Compliance Certificate (CCC) when Council purchased the buildings. There are four consents under the 1991 Act to which Section 363 does not apply. One had an interim CCC, and all of these consents were certified by the previous Bay Building Certifiers. Under the Building Act 1991 there was no legal requirement to issue a CCC prior to the building being occupied.
Our investigations have identified that under the Building Act 2004 in which Section 363 applies there are six consents that have no CCC. Five were for temporary activities (marquees for boat & home shows and a rugby match), the other was for the installation of fire doors in Shed 3, issued on 30 September 2009.
All other consents have been issued with CCC's. Council has instructed the Manager of Building Compliance & Inspections to issue the remaining CCC's (which apply to the current owner) as soon as possible.
We wish to stress that this is an administrative task, not a safety issue, as all buildings on the site have been checked and deemed safe.
Frank Begley, TCC.