Building Control By-law, 2025

Municipal By‑laws

By-law Title

Alfred Duma Local Municipality : Building Control By-law, 2025

Commencement Date

2025-02-13

Long Title

To provide a regulatory framework for the construction of buildings in formal areas and traditional settlement areas within the Alfred Duma Local Municipality municipal jurisdiction, to promote uniformity with formal areas and traditional settlement areas in terms of building structures that are sustainable, structurally sound and comply with the energy efficiency requirements, to bridge a gap between the stringent NBR & BSA and Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977) and the unregulated traditional settlement areas, to establish a building standard and regulate the installation of structures, to provide guidelines for property owners regarding problem buildings within the Alfred Duma Local Municipality and the regulation thereof, to regulate structures that are referred to as minor building works in the National Building Regulation and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977); to enforce the building standard related thereto and provide for offences and penalties, and also provide appeal mechanism.

Subject(s)

Provincial, Local and Traditional Government > Local legislation > Building and buildings

Province

KwaZulu-Natal

Municipality

KwaZulu-Natal > Alfred Duma Local Municipality