Building Control Act · s 61

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61.
Recovery of costs and expenses payable by owners
(1) All expenses incurred by the Authority in or about the execution of any work pursuant to any provision of this Act shall be recoverable from the person who is the owner of the premises on the date on which the works are completed.
(2) As from the date of the completion of the work, the expenses due thereon shall be, until recovered, a first charge on the premises and on all estates, exercisable against the premises and the estates and all movable property or crops for the time being found thereon, notwithstanding any change in the ownership or occupation of the premises subsequent to that date.
(3) The Authority may certify the expenses due and the names of the persons liable therefor and may by such certificate apportion the expenses among those persons.
(4) A copy of the certificate shall be served upon each of those persons referred to in subsection (3), but where no such persons may be found, the certificate is deemed to have been duly served if a copy thereof is posted at the office of the Authority and another copy thereof is affixed to some conspicuous part of the premises in respect of which the expenses have been incurred.
(5) A certificate certified by the Authority under subsection (3) and setting forth the amount claimed as due to the Authority and the persons as liable for the payment thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified therein and of the signature of the Authority thereto.
(6) If any sum or any part thereof due to the Authority under this Act remains unpaid at the expiration of one month commencing from the date of service of the certificate under subsection (4), or such further period as the
Authority may allow, it is deemed to be arrears.

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s 61Recovery of costs and expenses payable by owners

(1)

All expenses incurred by the Authority in or about the execution of any work pursuant to any provision of this Act shall be recoverable from the person who is the owner of the premises on the date on which the works are completed.

(2)

As from the date of the completion of the work, the expenses due thereon shall be, until recovered, a first charge on the premises and on all estates, exercisable against the premises and the estates and all movable property or crops for the time being found thereon, notwithstanding any change in the ownership or occupation of the premises subsequent to that date.

(3)

The Authority may certify the expenses due and the names of the persons liable therefor and may by such certificate apportion the expenses among those persons.

(4)

A copy of the certificate shall be served upon each of those persons referred to in subsection (3), but where no such persons may be found, the certificate is deemed to have been duly served if a copy thereof is posted at the office of the Authority and another copy thereof is affixed to some conspicuous part of the premises in respect of which the expenses have been incurred.

(5)

A certificate certified by the Authority under subsection (3) and setting forth the amount claimed as due to the Authority and the persons as liable for the payment thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified therein and of the signature of the Authority thereto.

(6)

If any sum or any part thereof due to the Authority under this Act remains unpaid at the expiration of one month commencing from the date of service of the certificate under subsection (4), or such further period as the

Authority may allow, it is deemed to be arrears.

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