Street Works Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3
23. Refund of deposit or return of security when building operations are not commenced
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Any person who has made a deposit or furnished any security under section 20(6), and who subsequently decides not to proceed with the erection of any building, without having commenced any building operations, may give written notice to the Authority of the person’s intention not to proceed with the erection of the building.
building
“building” means any permanent or temporary building and includes any structure or erection of whatever kind or nature (whether permanent or temporary) and in particular —(a)a wall (including a retaining wall), partition, gate, fence, paling, platform, staging, post, pillar, shoring, hoarding or frame;(b)a slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage or bridge;(c)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel; or(d)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, control centre, pump house, substation, drain, swimming pool or tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous matter;
The Authority must, on an application in writing by a person who has given such a notice, refund the deposit or return the security, in whole or in part as it may determine, after the cancellation of the approved plan by the Commissioner of Building Control.