111Building orders—general

111 Building orders—general (1) Subject to section 107, a municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor may make a building order under this section after the end of the time allowed by the building notice for making representations. (2) Before making an order, the relevant building surveyor must consider any representations made by the owner concerned. S. 111(3) substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 34. (3) A building order under this section may— (a) direct an owner or occupier to evacuate a building or land or a place of public entertainment within a specified time or times; and (b) if an order under paragraph (a) is given, direct any person to vacate a building or land or a place of public entertainment within a specified time or times. S. 111(4) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 34. (4) A building order under this section may prohibit any person from entering, using or occupying a building, land or a place of public entertainment for a specified period unless permitted by the municipal building surveyor. S. 111(5) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 34. (5) A building order under this section may direct the owner of a building, land or a place of public entertainment to carry out building work, protection work or other work required by the regulations in relation to the building, land or place. S. 111(5A) inserted by No. 43/2024 s. 6. (5A) If a municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor is of the opinion that— (a) a circumstance referred to in section 106(d) exists in relation to a building, land or place of public entertainment or building work that is being or is proposed to be carried out on the building, land or place; and (b) certain action is necessary to remove or to wholly or partially reduce, or to contribute to removing or to wholly or partially reducing, the circumstance— a building order made by the relevant building surveyor under this section may direct the owner of the building, land or place to take the action that is necessary. S. 111(6) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 34. (6) A building order may require the owner of a building or land or a place of public entertainment to cause an inspection of that building, land or place to be conducted by a specified person within a specified time. S. 111(7) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 34, amended by No. 46/2018 s. 41(1). (7) A building order may require the owner of a building or a place of public entertainment or a builder to cause specified material used in that building or place to be tested (other than destructively tested) by a specified person within a specified time. S. 111(8) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 41(2). (8) A building order may require the owner of a building or a place of public entertainment that is a building, or a builder, to, in accordance with the regulations (if any), arrange for, within a specified time, a specified building product or material used in that building to be subjected to destructive testing conducted by a prescribed testing authority if the relevant building surveyor believes on reasonable grounds that the use of the building product or material is connected with a contravention of this Act or the regulations. S. 111(9) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 41(2). (9) An owner or builder referred to in subsection (8) must provide the results of the destructive testing of the building product or material to the relevant building surveyor or another person authorised by the relevant building surveyor to receive the results within the time specified in the building order.