METRICATION AMENDMENTS (BUILDINGS ORDINANCE)

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (BUILDINGS ORDINANCE)

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (BUILDINGS ORDINANCE)
ORDER

(Cap. 214, section 3)

[1st January, 1977.]

1. This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments
(Buildings Ordinance) Order.

2. Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents
submitted under the Buildings Ordinance after 31st March 1977 is
prohibited.

3. Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents
submitted under the Buildings Ordinance after 31st March 1977 but
before 1st January 1980 where such documents constitute amendments
to, or otherwise relate to, documents previously submitted in which non-
metric units have been used, unless such previously submitted
documents are resubmitted incorporating the use of metric units.

4. No document shall be submitted under the Buildings Ordinance
containing references to both metric and non-metric units.

5. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 2 or 3, the
provisions of the enactments specified in the first column of the First
Schedule are amended by deleting, wherever it appears, the expression
specified in the second column thereof opposite each such provision
and substituting in each place the expression specified in the third
column thereof opposite each such provision.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 2 or 3, the
enactments specified in the first column of the Second Schedule are
amended to the extent and in the manner set out in the second column
thereof.

FIRST SCHEDULE [para. 5.]

[Amendments incorporated]

SECOND SCHEDULE [para. 5.]

[Amendments incorporated]
L.N. 294/76. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in building plans, etc. (Cap. 123.) Circumstances in which non-metric units to be used after 31st March 1977 but before 1st January 1980. Prohibition of the use of metric and non-metric units. Amendment of specified enactments. First Schedule. Second Schedule.

L.N. 294/76. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in building plans, etc. (Cap. 123.) Circumstances in which non-metric units to be used after 31st March 1977 but before 1st January 1980. Prohibition of the use of metric and non-metric units. Amendment of specified enactments. First Schedule. Second Schedule.

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