Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): I am pleased to add my support at the third reading of this bill. It has been put through under urgency but as we know the subject matter is very important and requires us to pass the legislation as quickly as we can. I am pleased to hear that the Mayor of Wellington Justin Lester is at the ready and ready to swing into action directing some building owners to do some proper assessments and to give effect to the provisions of this legislation forthwith.I will not take too much time but I do want to add my acknowledgments as well to all who have participated in putting together this legislation at a considerable pace. In particular I acknowledge the officials and the cross-party approach that has been adopted throughout; I do support that. I do support the amendment that Mr Parker sponsored. It is great that we were able to get a handwritten amendment in place to correct what was one of those little things that an experienced legal practitioner could pick up. That is a good example of this House working cooperatively in an effort to pass this legislation.When I think of the Civil Defence a particular gentleman comes to mind and that is Murray Sinclair. He is the local controller in Kaikōura with his team that works under him. He is doing an amazing job on the ground there under very trying circumstances—and yes he has been burning the midnight oil for quite a few days now. I just really stood there in awe when I had the privilege of seeing the work that he was doing and that was particularly paying close attention to the individual needs and concerns of the residents of Kaikōura. Obviously he is under a lot of pressure and inundated with a lot of demands and requests from various quarters but he was very professional in the way he approached all of his work and especially in the way that he dealt with people—and indeed in the way that he gave a briefing to me and other colleagues as we travelled through Kaikōura. He is doing an outstanding job and he is a credit to his organisation.I do not want to prolong this any further but I do support this legislation. We are bringing forward these provisions to ensure that there is a seamless transition from this emergency through to the recovery phase and that they align the legislation with the reality of what is happening on the ground in the Hurunui and the Kaikōura region and so I commend that.I also commend the amendments in relation to the requirement to direct building owners to do building assessments. I do not want to tarnish all building owners with the same brush. Actually I believe that most building owners value the investment they have in their buildings and want to ensure that they are structurally sound fit for purpose doing the job properly and generating a return for the owner. In some instances unfortunately there are may be some owners who are derelict in their duties or who perhaps think that it is not necessary to go that extra mile in their minds to provide this information.I believe we have struck the right balance in the drafting of this legislation to compel the owners to provide the proper information and to give assurances to the controllers to the tenants and to the public at large. I am certainly sure that we will be seeing over the next few days public notices as are a requirement under this bill. Public notices will be issued advising the public at large that these directions have been made on building owners. Therefore the public will know that—at least in relation to those buildings concerned—there is a requirement on the owner to actually come up with the required information to ensure that the building is structurally sound and to give the assurance to the powers who are overseeing the safety issues.Ultimately this is what this legislation is about. It is about ensuring safety—we do not want to see the tragedies like that which occurred in Canterbury with the CTV building. As we know—that tragic event—three-quarters of the fatalities in that earthquake occurred in the CTV building. Now I am not saying that if this legislation was enacted that could have been prevented. Maybe it could have been; maybe it could not. It is not for me to judge but certainly the fact that we have closed this loophole fixed this gap made this requirement—a very sensible requirement; it is not too onerous—does the job in ensuring that building owners do meet their obligations. With that I would like to commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.