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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1960 - SECT 410

410 .         Provision for enforcing repayment of expenses incurred by local government

        (1)         Where a local government has incurred costs or expenses in respect of a dangerous, neglected or dilapidated building, otherwise than in pursuance of section 410A, and has not been paid or has not recovered them, the Magistrates Court, on an application by the local government, may make an order fixing the amount of the costs and expenses and the cost of the proceedings before the court, and declaring the amount already paid or recovered, if any, and directing that no part of the land upon which the building stands or stood shall be built upon, until after payment to the local government of the amount or the balance of the amount so fixed, as the case may be; and thereupon and until payment to the local government of that amount or balance no person shall build upon the land or part of the land, and an order so made is not subject to appeal.

        (2)         The local government shall keep a register of orders made under the provisions of this section, and shall keep it open for inspection.

        [Section 410 amended by No. 96 of 1966 s. 15; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]



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