Section 8

by a Medical Officer of Health, any building, estate hospital, group estate hospital or clinic on a place of employment which, by reason of its design, site, size, sanitation, the quantity and quality of the water supply provided for the occupants of such buildings or other conditions, appears to the Director General to be likely to endanger health; and

by the District Engineer, any building, estate hospital, group estate hospital or clinic on a place of employment which, by reason of its construction, state of repair or condition, appears to the Director General to be likely to endanger the safety of any person.

The Medical Officer of Health or the District Engineer or both, as the case may be, shall, after inspecting any building, estate hospital, group estate hospital or clinic under this section, submit to the Director General a report of his or their findings, together with any recommendation made thereon relating to the necessary measures required to be taken in respect of such building, estate hospital, group estate hospital or clinic.

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Subject to subsection (4), on receipt of such report as is referred to in subsection (2), the Director General may issue to the employer concerned an order in writing requiring the employer to demolish and replace, alter or repair the building, estate hospital, group estate hospital or clinic or to make good any deficiency or defect within such time and subject to such conditions as the

Director General may specify in the order and such order may, if necessary, direct that no employee or his dependants shall be permitted to occupy any of the aforesaid buildings pending such demolition and replacement, alteration or repair or until the order has been complied with:

Provided that where an appeal has been made under section 30 in respect of the order then such order shall be suspended pending the decision of the appeal.

No order under subsection (3) shall be issued unless a copy of the report received by the Director General from the

Medical Officer of Health or the District Engineer or both has been furnished to the employer, and in making such order the Director General shall give due consideration to any representation that may be made by the employer in respect of the report.

Building not originally built for the housing of employees