Power to require removal or alteration of work

(1) If any work to which the building regulations are applicable, contravenes any provision of those regulations or of this Part, the Authority or Building Unit without prejudice to any prosecution under this Part may by notice require the owner either to pull down or remove the work or, if he so elects, to effect such alteration therein as may be necessary to make it comply with the building regulations or this Part. (2) If, in a case where the Authority or Building Unit is by any provision of this Part expressly required or authorized to reject plans, any work to which the regulations are applicable is executed either without plans having been deposited, or notwithstanding the rejection of the plans, or otherwise than in accordance with any requirement subject to which the plans were passed, the Authority or Building Unit, or the Director with the consent of the Authority, or Technical Manager with the consent of the Building Unit, may by notice to the owner require him to pull down or remove the work, or, if he so elects, to comply with any other requirements specified in the notice, including requirements which might have been made as a condition of passing plans. (3) If a person to whom a notice has been given under this section fails to comply with the notice before the expiration of twenty-eight days, or such longer period as the Court may on his application allow, the Authority or Building Unit or any department or officer of the Government or any contractor engaged by any of them may pull down the work, or effect such alterations therein, and the Authority may recover from him the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing. (4) No notice under sub-section (1) or (2) shall be given after the expiration of six years from the date of the completion of the work, and, in any case where plans were deposited, no such notice shall be served on the ground that the work contravenes the building regulations or does not comply with any provision of this Part, if either the plans were passed or notice of their rejection was not given within sixty days of their deposit or such greater period as may be agreed and the work has been executed in accordance with those plans and in accordance with any requirement made as a condition of passing the plans. (5) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of the Authority or Building Unit or of the Attorney General or any other person to apply for an injunction for the removal or alteration of any work on the grounds that it contravenes the building regulations or any provision of this Part.