1964_BUILDINGS_ORDINANCE — Page 6

1985 Ed.]

Buildings

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"building" includes the whole, or any part, of any domestic or public building, arch, bridge, cavern adapted or constructed to be used for the storage of oil and petroleum products, chimney, cook- house, cowshed, dock, factory, garage, hangar, hoarding, latrine, matshed, office, oil storage installation, out-house, pier, shelter, shop, stable, stairs, wall, warehouse, wharf, workshop or tower, pylon or other similar structure supporting an aerial ropeway and such other structures as the Building Authority may by notice in the Gazette declare to be a building; (Amended, 44 of 1959, s. 2; 19 of 1976, s. 32; 16 of 1978, s. 2 and 5 of 1983, s. 2)

Butelings and banda "Building Authority" means the Director of Building Development;

(Amended, L.N. 76/82)

"building owner" means a person desiring to build a new building or to alter an existing building and shall include the agent and authorized architect of a building owner;

“building works" includes any kind of building construction, site formation works, ground investigation in the scheduled area. repairs, demolition, alteration, addition and every kind of building operation, and includes drainage works; (Amended, 72 of 1980, s. 3 and 41 of 1982, s. 2)

"composite building" means a building that is partly domestic and

partly non-domestic; (Added, 73 of 1983, s. 2)

"contraventions of the provisions of this Ordinance" includes failure to comply with any order given or any condition imposed by the Building Authority under the provisions of this Ordinance and any material divergence or deviation from any plan approved by him; ( (Added, 44 of 1959, s. 2)

"dangerous building” means any building in such a condition as to cause risk of injury either to the occupiers or users of such building or to the occupiers or users of any neighbouring building or to the general public;

"design assumption" means an assumption stated or implied in the design calculations or other documentation in respect of build- ing works submitted to the Building Authority; (Added, 72 of 1980, s. 3)

"domestic", when used in relation to a part of a composite building, means a part that is constructed or intended for habitation; (Added, 73 of 1983, s. 2)

"domestic building” means a building constructed or intended to be used for habitation and the expression "domestic purposes" shall be construed accordingly; (Added, 73 of 1983, s. 2) "drain" means a drain used for the drainage of one building and

any buildings and yards appurtenant thereto; (Added, 44 of 1959, s. 2).

"drainage works" means any work connected with the construction, repair, alteration, disconnexion, trapping and ventilation of drains or sewers; (Added, 44 of 1959, s. 2)