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116 Amendment or cancellation of certain building orders
(1) An owner who is required to comply with a building order may, if there is a change in circumstances after the service of the order, request the relevant building surveyor to amend or cancel the building order.
(2) On a request being made, the relevant building surveyor may—
(a) amend or cancel the building order; or
(b) refuse to amend or cancel the building order.
S. 116(3) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 99.
(3) The relevant building surveyor is taken to have refused a request under this section if he or she has not decided the request within the prescribed time.
S. 116(4) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 37.
(4) The relevant building surveyor must inform the owner in writing without delay of the relevant building surveyor's decision under subsection (2).