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502 PDFTitle:Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) OrdinanceGazette Number:E.R. 1 of 2012
Section:10Heading:Copy of use restriction order or prohibition order to be posted at entrances to affected premises or buildingVersion Date:09/02/2012

(1) As soon as practicable after a use restriction order or prohibition order is made in respect of premises or any unit or part of a building, as the case may be, the relevant enforcement authority must, in addition to serving a copy of the order on the owner or occupier of the premises, unit or part, as the case may be, post a copy of it in a conspicuous place-

    (a) inside the premises, unit or part, as the case may be; or
    (b) at or in the immediate vicinity of each entrance to the premises, unit or part, as the case may be. (Replaced 15 of 1998 s. 12)
(2) Failure to comply with subsection (1) does not invalidate the effect of such an order.
(3) While a use restriction order or prohibition order is in force in respect of premises or a building, any person who, without lawful authority, removes, defaces or otherwise interferes with a copy of the order posted in accordance with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
(4) As soon as practicable after a use restriction order or prohibition order has ceased to have effect in respect of premises or a building, the relevant enforcement authority must, as far as practicable, remove from the premises or building all copies of the order posted in accordance with subsection (1).
(Amended 15 of 1998 s. 12)