Building Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
67. Powers of arrest
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A police officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed, or whom he reasonably suspects to have committed, an offence against this Act or the building regulations —
building regulations
“building regulations” means any regulations made under section 74;
if the person declines to give his name and address; or
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if there is reason to doubt the accuracy of the name and address, if given.
A person arrested under this section, unless his name and address are correctly ascertained, shall within 24 hours of the arrest be brought before a Magistrate or be released upon signing a bond with or without surety to appear before a Magistrate.
The person brought before a Magistrate under subsection (2)
may —
be ordered to be detained in custody until he can be tried; or
if required by the Magistrate, be released upon signing a bond, with or without surety, to appear before a Court of a Magistrate.
Terms defined in s 2
building
Defined · s 2“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure; (b) a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (c) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (d) a dock, wharf or jetty; (e) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (f) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (g) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (h) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
building regulations
Defined · s 2“building regulations” means any regulations made under section 74;