Section 63 of the Local Government Act 1993 (Act 463) confers on the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing the power and responsibility to prescribe and monitor a national building regulations for application within the country in the erection, structural alteration or extension of a building. A revised National Building Regulations (L.I. 1630) was promulgated in 1996, and has been operational since then. Section 6 of the provisions of the Building Regulations of 1996 (L.I. 1630) states that “A building or group of buildings with an aggregate floor area in excess of 120 square meters, and of two stories and above in height shall be designed by an architect or any of the following professionals- a civil engineer a structural engineer a professional builder, but this description excludes draughtsman, a licensed building surveyor and a building technician with a qualification lower than the higher technician diploma, except that a building within a metropolitan or urban area shall be designed by an architect in consultation with a professional specified in this regulation.”
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 04:59:26 +0000
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