New Zealand Gazette – 1995 – No. 66

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✨ Commission of Inquiry Extension



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New Zealand Gazette

OF THURSDAY, 29 JUNE 1995

WELLINGTON: TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1995 — ISSUE NO. 66

Departmental Notice

Extending the Scope of the Commission of Inquiry into the Collapse of a Viewing Platform at Cave Creek, Near Punakaiki on the West Coast, and Extending the Time Within Which the Commission May Report

CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to:

GRAEME STUART NOBLE, District Court Judge:

GREETING:

Whereas by Order in Council made on the 8th day of May 1995* you, Graeme Stuart Noble, were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon—

(a) The cause or causes of the collapse of the viewing platform at Cave Creek, near Punakaiki on the West Coast on the 28th day of April 1995 that resulted in the deaths of 14 persons and injury to 4 others:

(b) The design and construction of the viewing platform and its suitability for the use for which it was designed and constructed having particular regard to the safety of persons using it:

(c) Whether statutes, including, to the extent applicable, the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, regulations, codes, and instruments relating to the viewing platform were complied with, the nature and extent of any failure to comply, and the persons responsible for ensuring compliance:

(d) The competence of the persons responsible for the design and construction of the viewing platform:

(e) The extent and adequacy of any inspections of the viewing platform:

(f) Whether—

(i) Any Government Department and its staff:

(ii) Any territorial authority or regional council or other public body and its staff:

(iii) Any other person or persons—

having responsibilities or functions directly or indirectly relating to the viewing platform and the safety of persons using it, acted in a lawful, proper, and competent manner in exercising those responsibilities or carrying out those functions:

(g) The extent and adequacy of information, in particular, warnings and notices, given or available relating to the use and safety of the viewing platform and of any complaints procedures relating to the use and safety of the platform:

(h) The adequacy of the law and practices and procedures relating to the design, construction, and use of the viewing platform:

(i) If the law and practices and procedures are found to be unsuitable or inadequate in any respect, suggestions for changing the law or such practices or procedures so that, as far as possible, similar accidents may be prevented:

(j) The nature and scope of any additional legislation that should be enacted or legal requirements that should be imposed:

(k) Such other matters that you consider relevant to the inquiry:

And whereas the scope of the inquiry does not extend to the viewing platform following its construction, whether any changes were made to it as a result of such inspections, and the nature of any such changes.



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⚖️ Extension of Cave Creek Collapse Inquiry

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
4 July 1995
Commission of Inquiry, Cave Creek, Viewing Platform Collapse, Punakaiki, West Coast
  • Graeme Stuart Noble (District Court Judge), Commissioner of Inquiry

  • Catherine A. Tizard, Governor-General