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CHAPTER 29:08
HOUSING STANDARDS CONTROL ACT
Acts 29/1972, 57/1972 (s. 28), 39/1973 (s. 46), 22/1976 (s. 87), 48/1976 (s. 82), 3/1979 (ss. 115-120), 15/1981 (s. 66), 8/1988 (s. 164), 9/1997 (s. 10), 22/2001(s. 4); R.G.N. 918/1973.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY Section
- Short title.
- Application of Act.
PART II
HOUSING COURTS
- Housing courts.
- Housing courts to be courts of record.
- Proceedings to be in public.
- Summoning of witnesses and privileges thereof.
- Witnesses failing to attend or refusing to be sworn or to give evidence.
- Witness giving false evidence.
- Contempt of housing court.
- Appeal from decision of housing court.
PART III
REPAIR, DEMOLITION AND CLOSUREORDERS
- Authority may apply for repair, demolition or closure order.
- Issue of summons.
- Contents of summons.
- Service of summons.
- Delivery of grounds of opposition.
- Inquiry to be held into application.
- Making of order.
- When building deemed to be of unsatisfactory standard.
- Contents of repair order.
- Contents of demolition order.
- Contents of closure order.
- Criteria in making of order.
- Order binding on successors in title.
- Effect of order stipulating vacation.
- Persons on whom copy of order shall be served.
- Certificate of compliance with order.
- Variation, revocation or replacement of order.
- Failure to comply with order an offence.
- Authority may carry out order and recover cost thereof.
- Rent not payable where building vacated.
PART IV
ABATEMENT OFOVERCROWDING
- Authority may apply for abatement order.
- Issue of abatement summons.
- Contents of abatement summons.
- Service of abatement summons.
- Delivery of grounds of opposition.
- Inquiry to be held into application.
- Making of abatement order.
- When dwelling deemed to be overcrowded.
- Persons on whom copy of abatement order shall be served.
- Contents of abatement order.
- Abatement order binding on successors in title.
- Names of persons required to vacate dwelling to be listed.
- Variation or revocation of abatement order.
- Failure to comply with abatement order an offence.
- Rent not payable where dwelling vacated.
PART V
CONTROL OFHARMFULUSE OR OCCUPATIONOF PREMISES AND UNDUE INTERFERENCE
- Application of this Part.
- Application for control order.
- Issue of control summons.
- Delivery of grounds of opposition.
- Inquiry to be held into application.
- Making of control order.
- Factors determining making of control order.
- Factors determining measures to be taken under control order.
- Persons on whom copy of control order shall be served.
- Control order binding on successors in title.
- Names of persons required to vacate premises to be listed.
- Variation or revocation of control order.
- Failure to comply with control order an offence.
- Rent not payable where premises vacated.
- Order for costs in respect of proceedings in terms of this Part.
PART VI
CLEARANCE AREAS
- Authority may apply for appointment of board of investigation.
- Appointment and functions of board.
- Composition and remuneration of board.
- Procedure of board.
- Statement given to board not admissible in evidence.
- Members and employees of authority to supply information to board.
- Members, assistants and advisers of board to have access to or over property.
- Offences in relation to inquiry of board.
- Authority to meet expenses of, and provide facilities for, inquiry conducted by board.
- Declaration of provisional clearance area and publication and service of clearance notice.
- Contents of clearance notice.
- Effect of clearance notice.
- Duration of clearance notice and payment of compensation to persons suffering loss as result thereof.
- Impairment of land in provisional clearance area an offence.
- Submission by board of report and summary of representations and procedure for grant of clearance warrant.
- Cancellation of general plan representing public places.
PART VII
GENERAL
- Dangerous buildings.
- Duty of occupant to disclose information to authority.
- Authority to have all necessary powers.
- President may amend First and Second Schedules.
- Absence of alternative accommodation.
- Power to enter and inspect buildings.
- Duties of authority in implementation of provisions of this Act.
- [Repealed].
FIRST SCHEDULE: Minimum Requirements in Relation to Unsatisfactory Standards. SECOND SCHEDULE: Minimum Requirements in Relation to Overcrowding.
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