Cap. 513 ст. 12Appeals.

(1) A person or institution or any department or agency of

Government having a direct interest and aggrieved by any decision, ruling or direction by the Director, Building Regulation Office, may submit an appeal to the Board in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder.

(2) An appeal against any ruling, order or direction issued by the Director, Building Regulation Office, shall be made within a period of twenty days from the issue of such ruling, order or direction, by means of an application filed with the Secretary of the Board. Notice of such an application shall be served on the Director, Building Regulation Office, and a representative of the Director shall be entitled to file a written reply, appear, be heard and submit evidence at the hearing of the application.

(3) The Board may delegate hearing of appeals submitted to it to a Committee of Appeal, provided that this has been duly appointed by the Minister in accordance with article 3(11).

(4) The Board or Committee of Appeals, as the case may be, shall appoint a date for the hearing of the appeal which shall in no case be later than thirty days from the date when the application of appeal is filed with the Secretary of the Board.

(5) In determining an appeal the Board or the Committee of Appeals shall take into account the merits of the appeal, and may in whole or in part, confirm, annul or vary the decision appealed from, giving in writing the reasons for its decision and shall cause such decision to be made public and communicated to the parties to the appeal.

(6) The procedure to be followed before the Board or the Committee of Appeals and the time within which and the manner in which an appeal to the Board or the Committee of Appeals, is to be made shall be such as may be prescribed; and subject thereto, and to any other applicable provision of this Act, the Board or the Committee of Appeals may establish its own procedure.