Mr. Pat Montague:

I know that roof issue has arisen with one of the pathfinder projects under the interim remediation scheme. It was the one I mentioned with the wooden walkway on the top of the building. In that case, the owners' management company is having to put a plan in place to decant. The people on the top two floors will be moved into alternative accommodation, which will be paid for by the scheme. There is already precedent for that in cases of pyrite, for example, when people have to move out. The only thing I would say is around the amounts of money we are talking about in respect of pyrite. That issue arose first in 2012. In light of the amounts of money now required to get accommodation, particularly in some of the bigger cities, the situation would have to be reviewed. However, coming back to the point, that might be a way for the people concerned to avoid being at a loss, so to speak. Perhaps the scheme could pick up the tab for people having to move out so that remediation works can be done. That is what is envisaged.

The Senator is right. People do not co-operate with getting remediation works done. That presents problems. As the Senator has talked about, it depends on the nature of the head lease and what is in it. In many cases, the OMC would be able to force a solution. Let us be clear that you may end up going to court and that becomes really expensive.