Ref: DOIA 2021-1038
1 December 2021
Ed Grove
[FYI request #17439 email]
Dear Ed
I refer to your email of 3 November 2021 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
requesting the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I am wanting to locate a copy of the report "A review of weathertight science in 2007", author,
Bassett M.R, that was commissioned by the Department of Building and Housing from Branz and
published to the Department in or about 2007. I have been unable to locate a public copy of the
report anywhere.
I am writing to notify you that I am extending the timeframe for responding to your request under section
15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper
response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
We will now respond to your request on or before 19 January 2022, which is an extension of 20 working
days. We will respond sooner if we are able to.
Please note that the days from 24 December 2021 to 15 January 2022 (inclusive) are defined as non-
working days in the Act and are not counted in the calculation for this extension.
You have the right to seek investigation and review of my decision by the Ombudsman, in accordance
with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details can be found at
: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Yours sincerely
Madeline Sherwood King
Team Leader, Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets
Building, Resources and Markets
15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand
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