19Decision on application for building permit

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.