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610 PDFTitle:BUILDINGS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 82 of 2011
Section:20Heading:Exemption from specified standards and requirementsVersion Date:21/09/2012

(1) The responsible person of a unit of a building or the owner of a common area of a building may apply to the Director for an exemption of any building services installation serving the unit or common area from any provision of the specified standards and requirements.
(2) The owner of a central building services installation in a building may apply to the Director for an exemption of the installation from any provision of the specified standards and requirements.
(3) An application under subsection (1) or (2) must be in writing.
(4) The Director may, on an application under subsection (1) or (2), grant an exemption from any provision of the specified standards and requirements in respect of any building services installation if the Director is satisfied that it is, for heritage conservation or technical or operational reasons, undesirable or impracticable for the installation to comply with the provision.
(5) An exemption may be granted under subsection (4) in respect of all building services installations covered by an application or any of the installations.
(6) An exemption granted under subsection (4) may be subject to any condition that the Director thinks fit.
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        (a) an exemption granted under subsection (4) is subject to any condition under subsection (6) and the condition is contravened; or
        (b) the ground on which the exemption was granted no longer exists,
the Director may, by a notice issued to the responsible person or owner concerned, withdraw the exemption.
(8) A notice under subsection (7) must not take effect before the expiry of 28 days after the day on which it is issued.