Who will be responsible for ensuring that cooling tower systems are registered, and that a risk management plan is prepared, reviewed and audited in respect of those systems?
The owner of the land on which a cooling tower system is located is required to take all reasonable steps to ensure that that system is registered, that a risk management plan is prepared in respect of that system, and that the plan is reviewed and audited on an annual basis. Placing the obligation on the owner of the land will ensure that it is always clear who bears the responsibility for ensuring that the requirements of the Act are being met. This is also consistent with the existing provisions of the Building Act, which place the obligation to ensure the safety of buildings on the owners of those buildings. In the case of cooling tower systems, the obligation is extended to the owner of the land, because there are some systems that are associated with the cooling of industrial plant which are not located in a building. There may be some situations where the owner of land is not in direct control of a cooling tower system that is located on that land because, for example, the syste
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