Notice No. 2075
13 September 1985
I, Kent Diederich Skelton Durr, Deputy Minister of Finance and of Trade and Industry, acting on behalf of the Minister of Trade and Industry, has, in terms of section 20 read with section 16 of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977), promulgated the regulations set out in the Schedule.
Schedule
| 1. |
In these regulations any word to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear that meaning and unless the context otherwise indicates— |
| (a) |
"order" shall mean, in relation to a local authority, an order in terms of section 16(1) of the Act, and in relation to the bureau, an order in terms of section 16(2) of the Act; |
| (b) |
"the Act" shall mean the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act 103 of 1977). |
| (1) |
A local authority or the bureau as the case may be, may obtain in any information it may require for this purpose, by notice in writing— |
| (i) |
from the owner of any building situated within the area of jurisdiction of such local authority; or |
| (ii) |
from any other person, |
such information to be furnished within a period stated in such notice, which shall not less than 14 days.
| (b) |
by the publication of a notice in one English and one Afrikaans newspaper circulating in the area of jurisdiction of the local authority concerned, setting out the general import of the order, and inviting any interested person or body to submit representations within a period stated in the notice; |
| (c) |
by interviewing the owner of any building or any other person affected or likely to be affected by the order; |
| (d) |
by entering any building or premises at all reasonable hours; or |
| (e) |
by removing for the purpose of examination or analysis, material or any object from any building, or by photographing any such building. |
| (2) |
Such further information it may require for these purposes may be obtained by the bureau from the local authority to whose area of jurisdiction such order relates, and such local authority shall furnish the bureau with all such information the bureau may require, and shall grant the bureau or its duly authorised representative access to such local authority's records and registers. |
| 3. |
Any person representing or purporting to represent the local authority concerned or the bureau, as the case may be, may be required by any person affected, or likely to be affected by an order to produce a document issued by the local authority or the bureau, establishing his identification and authority. |
| 4. |
The local authority or the bureau or any person who is or was concerned in the performance of any function in terms of these regulations shall not disclose any information which was obtained in the performance of such a function except under the authority and with the permission of the Minister. |
| (a) |
fails to comply with a notice served on him in terms of regulation 2(1)(a); |
| (b) |
hinders or obstructs the local authority or the bureau as the case may be from exercising its functions in terms of these regulations; |
| (c) |
contravenes the provisions of regulation 4; |
| (d) |
makes any relevant statement which is false in any material respect, knowing it to be false; or |
| (e) |
refuse or fails to answer to the best of his ability any relevant question put to him, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R200 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two months
Statistics Act, 1999
