(1) Before carrying out protection work or allowing protection work to be carried out, an owner of relevant premises must (a) make a full and adequate assessment of each adjoining premises with the adjoining owner; and(b) make a record of all existing cracks and defects in the adjoining premises.(2) A record under subsection (1)(b) must be signed by the owner of the relevant premises and the adjoining owner as an agreed record of the condition of the adjoining premises.(3) A record under subsection (1)(b) is taken to be signed by an adjoining owner if (a) the owner of the relevant premises provides the record to the adjoining owner; and(b) the adjoining owner fails to sign the record and return it to the owner of the relevant premises within the prescribed period; and(c) the owner of the relevant premises (i) signs and dates a copy of the record; and(ii) specifies in writing, on the copy of the record, the date on which the adjoining owner was provided with the record under paragraph (a) ; and(iii) provides the adjoining owner with a copy of the copy so signed and annotated.(4) A record under subsection (1)(b) signed in accordance with subsection (2) , or taken to be signed in accordance with subsection (3) (a) is admissible as evidence in proceedings under this Act relating to the adjoining premises; and(b) is evidence of the condition of the adjoining premises at the time the record was made.