53Applications for occupancy permits

53 Applications for occupancy permits (1) An application for an occupancy permit under this Division (other than an occupancy permit referred to in subsection (2)) may be made to a municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor appointed under Part 6 by or on behalf of the owner of the place of public entertainment concerned. S. 53(2) amended by No. 34/2013 s. 34(Sch. 1 item 5). (2) An application for an occupancy permit under this Division for a prescribed temporary structure or for a place of public entertainment prescribed or in a class prescribed for the purposes of this section may be made to the Authority by or on behalf of the owner of the place of public entertainment concerned[[5]](#endnote-6). (3) An application can only be made to a private building surveyor under this Division in conjunction with an application for an occupancy permit under Division 1 in respect of the place of public entertainment concerned. 54 Schedule 2 to apply Schedule 2 applies in relation to an application for an occupancy permit under this Division. 55 Refusal of occupancy permit The relevant building surveyor must not issue an occupancy permit under this Division unless the place to which the permit applies is suitable for occupation for the public entertainment or class of public entertainment for which the permit is sought.