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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990
OR THE
BUILDING
WHEN THE UNAUTHORISED BUILDING IS ERECTED WORKS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT WITH A VIEW TO SALE, LETTING OR DISPOSAL;
WHERE THE BUILDING IS SITUATED, OR THE UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT, IN A COMMON AREA OF A BUILDING OR ON LAND IN MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP AND SUCH WORKS ARE SERIOUSLY DETRIMENTAL NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND
TO
AMENITIES
BUILDING OF THE
THE
*
WHERE
THE
UNAUTHORISED
BUILDING
BUILDING OR
WORKS
CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
AN AGGRIEVED PERSON WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
FOR COURT AND THE MAKING OF AN ORDER
PRIORITY DEMOLITION SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT, MR LEWIS SAID.
MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE ANOTHER
BILL 18 TO CARRYING OUT OF REMEDIAL WORKS ON DANGEROUS HILLSIDES.
AVOID
HEARD IN WOULD
BE
EXPEDITE
THE
BY
THE
THE
"CLAUSE 4 OF THE BILL
ΤΟ SEEKS
UNNECESSARY DELAY TWO ORDERS, ONE REQUIRING ENABLING THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO SERVE INVESTIGATION AND THE SUBMISSION OF REMEDIAL WORKS PROPOSALS, AND OUT OF THE WORKS SPECIFIED IN OTHER REQUIRING THE PROPOSALS.
CARRYING
BY A
DATE "IF THE OWNER DOES NOT CARRY OUT THE INVESTIGATION
IN AND SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST ORDER, THE BUILDING AUTHORITY MAY STEP
THE LAND OR CARRY OUT THE INVESTIGATION AND NECESSARY WORKS TO MAKE STRUCTURE SAFE WITHOUT SENDING THE SECOND ORDER.
UP THE NECESSARY REMEDIAL "THESE NEW PROCEDURES WOULD SPEED WORKS ON DANGEROUS HILLSIDES, THUS ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY," HE SAID.
BUILDINGS
MR LEWIS SAID AT PRESENT, EXCEPT IN CASES OF EXTREME EMERGENCY, IT NORMALLY TOOK ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO DEMOLISH UNAUTHORISED OR BUILDING WORKS.
SAID, IT
WAS
IMPORTANT
HE CIRCUMSTANCES, IN CERTAIN UNAUTHORISED BUILDINGS AND BUILDING WORKS WERE DEMOLISHED IN A OF DAYS FOR REASONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
REQUIRING
SINCE 1985, MORE THAN 460 APPEALS HAD BEEN LODGED BUILDING AUTHORITY'S
DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS OR BUILDING WORKS.
ORDER
"CLAUSE 9 OF THE BILL NOW SEEKS TO DETER FRIVOLOUS EMPOWERING THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL TO AWARD COSTS FOR THESE SAID.
THAT MATTER
AGAINST THE UNAUTHORISED
APPEALS BY APPEALS, HE
T
HOLD ITS HEARINGS IN IT ALSO ENABLED THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL TO
IF DECISIONS
THE TRIBUNAL CONSIDERS THE PUBLIC AND PUBLISHED ITS SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY TO BE OF IMPORTANCE OR INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC.
/ALSO INCLUDED