BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 75 Earthworks and retaining walls
BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 75
Earthworks and retaining walls75 Earthworks and retaining walls
If soil conditions, ground levels, excavation or filling make it necessary to protect land, buildings or structures in the neighbourhood of building work—
(a) retaining walls must be built, or other suitable methods used, to prevent soil movement; and
(b) drainage of the land, buildings or structures must be provided.