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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990

WHERE THE UNAUTHORISED CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

BUILDINGS

OR

BUILDING

WORKS

RELATING TO

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BILL ARE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, AND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY'S POWERS TO MAKE SAFE DANGEROUS HILLSIDES.

TO

HAD BEEN MR CHENG SAID THAT SINCE 1985, MORE THAN 460 APPEALS

ORDERS REQUIRING DEMOLITION LODGED AGAINST THE BUILDING AUTHORITY'S OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDINGS AND BUILDING WORKS.

FRIVOLOUS

DONE

HE CONSIDERED THAT SOME OF THESE APPEALS WERE EITHER OR NOT MADE IN GOOD FAITH, WHILE ADDING THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING LAW.

TYPE WERE APPEAL AND TO WHERE

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATING TO APPEALS OF THIS INTENDED TO EMPOWER THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL TO AWARD COSTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS, TO ALLOW APPEAL INQUIRIES TO BE HEARD IN PUBLIC

GENERAL INFORMATION PERMIT APPEAL DECISONS TO BE PUBLISHED FOR

THE INQUIRY ΤΟ BE OF THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL CONSIDERS THE SUBJECT OF IMPORTANCE OR INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC.

AND APPEAL MR CHENG SAID BOTH THE "PRIORITY DEMOLITION ORDER"

SUPPORTED BY THE LAND PROVISIONS NOW PROPOSED IN THE BILL HAD BEEN

INSTITUTES PROFESSIONAL THE AND BUILDING ADVISORY CONCERNED AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS DURING THE CONSULTATION.

ON THE

COMMITTEE,

LEGISLATION EXISTING

DEALING WITH HILLSIDES, GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, MR DAVID HOWELLS, SAID AT THE CONFERENCE THAT AMENDMENTS TO THE POWERS TO MAKE SAFE WERE NEEDED TO RECTIFY A PROCEDURAL PROBLEM.

THE PRESS

DANGEROUS HILLSIDES

AUTHORITY IS DANGEROUS

UNABLE

SLOPE

то WITHOUT

THE PROBLEM ARISES WHEN THE BUILDING NEEDED TO A SPECIFY THE PREVENTIVE WORKS FIRST UNDERTAKING A TECHNICAL STUDY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN.

PROBLEM BY ALLOWING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD SOLVE THIS

AND THE THE SERVING OF TWO ORDERS, THE FIRST REQUIRING INVESTIGATION

REQUIRING THE SUBMISSION OF REMEDIAL WORKS PROPOSALS, AND THE SECOND CARRYING OUT OF THE WORKS SPECIFIED IN THE PROPOSALS.

THE AMENDMENTS ALSO ALLOW THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO STEP IN AND DO CARRY OUT BOTH THE INVESTIGATION AND NECESSARY WORKS IF THE OWNERS

IN THE FIRST A SPECIFIED DATE NOT CARRY OUT THE INVESTIGATION BY ORDER.

ΤΟ

OF

ALLOCATING BUILDING TEXTUAL ERROR BY NEW TERM

MAKE THE COMMISSIONER OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE

AUTHORITY FOR THE SOLE VALUATION RATING AND NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, AND TO CORRECT A REPLACING THE OLD TERM

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WITH THE 'AUTHORISED ARCHITECT" "AUTHORISED PERSON" IN ONE OF THE SECTIONS IN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.

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