183—Inspector to give notice of damage
(1) This section
applies if an inspector or an assistant to an inspector damages a thing when
exercising or purporting to exercise a compliance power.
(2) The inspector
must, as soon as practicable, give written notice of the damage to the person
who the inspector believes on reasonable grounds, is the person in control of
the thing.
(3) If the inspector
believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the thing or
circumstances beyond the inspector's or assistant's control, the inspector may
state it in the notice.
(4) If, for any
reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2), the inspector
must leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way
where the damage happened.
(5) This section does
not apply to damage the inspector reasonably believes is trivial.