Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10)

Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 102

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102. (1) The Minister responsible for public health may, on the advice of the General Services Board, make regulations respecti ng the manner in which the provisions contained in articles 97 and 100 are to be carried out, and th e materials to be used. (2) Saving the provision of sub-article (1), the Minister responsible for public works may make regulations to provide - (a) for facilities to be made in favour of owners of houses to comply with the provisions of article 97(1)( g); (b) for empowering the Director of Public Works to make arrangements and enter int o agreements with the said owners in respect of such facilities, including the contribution, if any, by the Government of part of the expenditure involved in such compliance; (c) for establishing the apportionment among the several owners of the expenditure so involved; (d) for empowering any owner of a house who, pursuant to arrangements made with the Director of Public Works, shall have laid a part of the public sewer, to claim from the owner of any other house the privy of which is, or is to be communicated with such sewer, such portion of the expenditure incurred by the former owner as CODE OF POLICE LAWS [CAP. 10. 19 shall be established as aforesaid; (e) for any other consequential matter relating or incidental to such compliance. Questions to be settled by General Services Board. ( 3 ) I f a n y q u e s t i o n s h a l l a r i s e a s t o w h e t h e r a w o r k i s i n conformity with any of the said provisions or regulations, such question shall be settled by the General Services Board. Appeal to General Services Board. (4) In all cases an appeal shall lie to the General Services Board from any order or decision of any other sanitary authorit y, within one month from the date on which such order or decision shall have been communicated to the party concerned. If the General Services Board affirms the order or decision of that authority, the appellant shall pay to the Superintendent of Pub lic Health, if extraordinary sittings shall have been held by the G eneral Services Board, a sum corresponding to the costs, that is, to t he fee due to the members of the Board for each sitting held in respec t of such appeal and to the transport expenses, where any one or mor e of such members shall ha ve inspected the place. Superintendent of Public Health may refer matter to General Services Board. (5) It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Public Health t o submit for the consideration of the General Services Board any matter relating to buildings and habitations. Appeal from decision of General Services Board. (6) From any decision of the Ge neral Services Board an appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal, within one month from the day on which such decision shall have been notified to the party concerned; such appeal shall b e brought by an application in contestation with the Super intendent of Public Health. Criminal liability of owner, architect or mason. Amended by: XVI.1931.25; XII.1938.3.

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