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56 Decision on application for occupancy permit (1) The relevant building surveyor must decide an application for an occupancy permit under this Division by— (2) The regulations may prescribe a time within which the relevant building surveyor must decide an application for an occupancy permit. S. 56(3) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 99. (3) The relevant building surveyor is taken to have refused an occupancy permit if the application is not decided within the prescribed time.

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