Supreme Court Act, 1959
R 385
National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977)23. Exemption from liability |
No approval, permission, report, certificate or act granted, issued or performed in terms of this Act by or on behalf of any local authority or the council in connection with a building or the design, erection, demolition or alteration thereof, shall have the effect that—
| (a) | such local authority or the council be liable to any person for any loss, damage, injury or death resulting from or arising out of or in any way connected with the manner in which such building was designed, erected, demolished or altered or the material used in the erection of such building or the quality of workmanship in the erection, demolition or alteration of such building; |
| (b) | the owner of such building be exempted from the duty to take care and to ensure that such building be designed, erected, completed, occupied and used or demolished or altered in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any other applicable law; |
| (c) | any person be exempted from the provisions of any other law applicable in the area of jurisdiction of such local authority. |
