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Building Act 1975
sec.75Earthworks and retaining walls
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### sec.75 Earthworks and retaining walls
If soil conditions, ground levels, excavation or filling make it necessary to protect land, buildings or structures in the neighbourhood of building work—
retaining walls must be built, or other suitable methods used, to prevent soil movement; and
drainage of the land, buildings or structures must be provided.
s 75 prev s 75 amd 1981 No. 53 s 20
om 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 2
pres s 75 ins 2006 No. 36 s 5
- (a) retaining walls must be built, or other suitable methods used, to prevent soil movement; and
- (b) drainage of the land, buildings or structures must be provided.