Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
35. Occupier may execute work in default of owner
Feedback & supportWhenever default is made by an owner of any premises in the execution of any work required under this Act to be executed by the owner, an occupier of the premises may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Building Control, cause the work to be executed.
premises
“premises” includes buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure;
The costs and expenses thereof are recoverable by the occupier from the owner or the amount may be deducted out of the rent from time to time becoming due from the occupier to the owner.
occupier
“occupier”, in relation to any building, means the person in occupation of the building or having the charge, management or control thereof, either on the person’s own account or as agent of another, but does not include any lodger within the building;
The occupier may, in the absence of any special agreement to the contrary, retain possession of the premises until the costs and expenses incurred by the occupier have been fully reimbursed.