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19 Decision on application for building permit
(1) The relevant building surveyor must decide an application for a building permit by—
Note to s. 19(1) inserted by No. 12/2021 s. 7.
The relevant building surveyor must refuse a permit if an Order under section 131 of the **Planning and Environment Act 1987** is in effect and applies to the land to which the permit application relates unless the permit is for building work in respect of a development that is specified in the Order as an exception—see section 132 of that Act.
(2) The regulations may prescribe a time within which the relevant building surveyor must decide an application for a building permit.
S. 19(3) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 99.
(3) The relevant building surveyor is taken to have refused a building permit if the application is not decided within the prescribed time.