Amendment of
3.
section 16.
Amendment of section 17.
Amendment Of section 21.
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Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended---
(a) in subsection (1)—–—–
(i) by deleting the full stop at the end thereof and substituting therefor a semicolon;
(i) by inserting after paragraph (w), the following new paragraph-
"
it appears to him that the proposed user of the building to which the plans relate would contravene the provisions of regulation 49 of the Building (Planning) Regulations.";
(b) in paragraph (d) of subsection (3)--
(i) by deleting the comma after "atrest works" and substituting therefor a full stop; and
(i) by deleting "except where such lapse occurs in respect of plans prepared in connexion with an applica- tion for the exemption of the building from the provi- sions of the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance.";
(c) by inserting the following new subsection—
"(3A) In paragraph (d) of subsection (3), the reference to plans does not include—
(a) the plans referred to in an order under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance ex- cluding premises from the further appli- cation of that Ordinance, where the reference to such plans is unamended; or (b) in the case where the reference to plans in such order is amended, the plans re- ferred to in the last amendment made to the order before the Building Authority consents to the commencement of the building works or street works.".
Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (1) by inserting in column 8 of item 7 in the table thereto, after "building" wherever it occurs, a comma and the following-
**street or land".
5. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) by joserting, after
"in respect of the", the following-
"whole or any":
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(b) in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) by inserting, after
"in respect of", the following-
"the whok or":
(c) in subsection (4) by inserting, after "in respect of" in
the second place where it occurs, the following-
"the whole or":
(4) in subsection (3) -
6.
(a)
(i) by inserting, after "in respect of" in the first place where it occurs, the following-
"the whole or":
(ii) by deleting "such part of the building" and sub- stituting therefor the following
**the building or la such part of the building, as the case may be."”'.
Section 27 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
in paragraph (6) of subsection (2) by deleting "sub- sections (3) and (9) of this section" and substituting therefor the following-
"subsections (8), (10) and (LD)"
(b) by deleting subsection (3),
(c) in subsection (4)—
(i) by deleting from paragraph (b) “; and" and sub- stituting therefor a full stop, and
(ii) by deleting paragraph (c):
(d) by deleting subsections (8), (9) and (10) and substituting
therefor the following-
"(8) A Closure Order shall remain in force in respect of a building until the Building Authority has served a notice, to be known as a notice of expiry of a Closure Order, by causing the same to be posted upon a conspicuous part of the building to which it relates and, subject to subsection (11), by serving a copy thereof upon the owner,
(9) Every notice of expiry of a Closure Order shall specify-
(2) the building to which it relates; and
(b) the date upon which the Closure Order
expires.
Amendment of section 27.