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### 253A Contents of orders
> [*\[Section 253A Inserted by No. 9 of 2023, s. 22, Applied:01 Oct 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-10-01/act-2023-009#GS22@EN)
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> > (1) An order under this Division is to specify the period within which the order is to be complied with.
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> > (2) If an order under this Division does not specify a period within which the order is to be complied with, the relevant permit authority, for the municipal area where work is to be stopped or performed under the order, may amend the order to specify such a period, being a period that has not yet expired.
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> > (3) If a permit authority amends an order under [subsection (2)](#GS253A@Gs2@EN) –
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> > > > (a) the permit authority is to notify the person who made the order, and the person who was served with the order, of the amendment; and
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> > > > (b) the amendment takes effect on the day specified by the permit authority.
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> > (4) [Subsection (2)](#GS253A@Gs2@EN) applies to an order made under this Division, whether the order was made before or after the commencement of section 22 of the *Residential Building (Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Amendments) Act 2023*.