National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977)16. Report on adequacy of certain measures and on certain building projects |
| (1) | The Minister, after consultation with the Administrator of a province in which the area of jurisdiction of a local authority is situated, may order such local authority to report to him on- |
| (a) | the adequacy of measures in or in connection with buildings in its area of jurisdiction against fire, floods or other disasters and to make recommendations in order to remove any inadequacies in such measures; |
| (b) | any particular building project which was or is being undertaken in its area of jurisdiction. |
| (2) | If the Minister is satisfied that any local authority is unable to report as contemplated in subsection (1), he may order the bureau so to report. |
| (3) | For the purposes of this section the local authority concerned or the bureau, as the case may be, shall have such powers, duties and functions as may be prescribed by regulation. |