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s 29Retrofitting orders

(1)

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe any matter which is required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, by such order, prescribe —

(a)

the duties and responsibilities of any person authorised to carry out retrofitting of an exterior feature, including providing that any failure or neglect to comply with any such duty or responsibility is an offence;

(b)

different applicable dates, prescribed ages, grace periods and persons responsible for an exterior feature in relation to different exterior features;

(c)

different qualifications and training for persons authorised to carry out retrofitting in relation to different exterior features; and

(d)

that any contravention of the order referred to in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

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