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GAZETTE
JUNE 1992
first be obtained. A Fire Safety
Certificate will not be required where
a building is proposed to be used as
a dwelling (other than a flat).
Any works or material change of use
carried out after 1 June, 1992 will
require to be effected in compliance
with the Regulations. Notice of such
works or material change of use
must be given to the relevant
Building Control Authority in
advance. Thereafter, enforcement and
supervision will be on a random
basis under Section 11 of the Act.
The Control Regulations will not
apply to exempted developments save
where such developments require a
Fire Safety Certificate.
When purchasing or taking security
over a new building ensure that:-
• the architect's Certificate of
Compliance deals with the
Building-Regulations and either
confirms that they do not apply
to the particular building or that
the building has been constructed
in accordance with same;
• where necessary a fire safety
certificate has been obtained and
that any conditions have been
complied with;
• that no enforcement notice has
been served or if it has that it has
been complied with.
When acting for a builder or
developer note;
• the requirement to serve a
commencement notice on the
relevant Building Control
Authority within the prescribed
time periods;
• the requirement to obtain, where
necessary, a fire safety certificate;
• that the Building Control
Authorities have powers of
inspection and can serve
enforcement notices;
• that any breach of the Act or the
Regulations is an offence and the
penalties for same;
• that multi-storey buildings
constructed after 1 June, 1992
will be governed by the Building
Control Act rather than the
Multi-Storey Building Act.
In the new building control
environment contemplated by the
Act, it will be essential when acting
for either a purchaser, developer or
financier of property to ensure the
Regulations and in particular that
the central provisions concerning the
Fire Safety Certificates have been
complied with.
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Setting up Practice
in the 90s
The Younger Members Committee of
the Law Society recently held a
seminar in the House of Lords,
College Green, Dublin, jointly
hosted by the Bank of Ireland.
The theme of the Seminar,
Setting
up Practice in the 90s
attracted a
capacity audience of newly qualified
solicitors and apprentices to the
august surroundings of the House of
Lords. Speakers included
Brian
O'Reilly,
solicitor,
Michael Garrigan,
Commercial Division, Bank of
Ireland and
Harry Cassidy,
Associate
Director, IBI.
The Younger Members Committee
intends to hold similar seminars
around the country within the
coming months. Newly-qualified
solicitors and current apprentices are
invited to suggest topics of particular
interest to them so that further
seminars can be organised later in
the year.
Our thanks go to
Moya Quinlan,
former President of the Law Society
who agreed to chair the seminar at
short notice and to
Pat Dunleavy,
Manager, Bank of Ireland,
College Green, for his generous
hospitality.
Patricia Boyd
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IBA 24th Biennial
Conference
Cannes 20-25 September 1992
The International Bar Association
will hold its 24th Biennial
Conference in Cannes, 20-25
September, 1992.
The Conference, the most important
international event in the legal world
calendar, is expected to be attended
by over 3,000 international lawyers,
and their guests.
Topics scheduled for discusion
include:
• The Environment and Crime
• Invasion of Privacy: How Far the
Press Can and Should Go
• The Accusatory versus the
Inquisitorial systems
• Cameras in the Courtroom
• Human Rights and Ethnic
Conflicts in Eastern Europe
• Discrimination in Employment
• Money and Crime
• Compelling by Court Order in
Common and Civil Law
Discontinuance of Life Support
Systems and Testing for AIDS
• The Independence of the
Judiciary
The IBA is the world's foremost
association of lawyers, comprising
over 14,000 individual lawyer
members in 130 countries and 137
Law Societies and Bar Associations
together representing more than 2.5
million lawyers. The IBA Biennial
Conference fulfills one of the
Association's most important
objectives - the promotion of
useful contact and interchange
between lawyers throughout the
world - as well as providing a
forum for the dissemination of
specialist information on all areas of
the law.
For further information please
contact: Lorna Macleod, Press
Office, International Bar
Association, 2 Harewood Place,
Hanover Square, London W1R 9HB,
England. Tel +
0044 71 629 1206
Fax
+0044 71 409 0456
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