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Amendments To The Construction Law

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Būvniecības likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of construction done during the construction Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1995, nr. 20; 1997, no. 7, 22; 2002; 2003, No 7, 6, 8; 2004, nr. 9. No; 2005; 2006, nr. 8, 7., no. 13) follows: 1. Article 1: to make point 7 by the following: ' 7) Builder-property owner , the possessor or user, which organizes the construction process, and participating in it is responsible; "
Express 24 as follows: "24) Subscriber-a real estate owner, possessor or user who, on the basis of contracts concluded, the construction is carried out, as well as the municipality, making the ruined structures and cultural monuments list structure in putting them in order or demolition or construction object of arbitrary demolition;".
2. Add to article 2, with the fifth paragraph as follows: "(5) for a civil design requires technical and specific provisions of the receiving State and local institutions of State fee payable. Government fees, payment arrangements and facilities shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
3. Add to article 6, the first subparagraph of paragraph 9 with the following: "9) premises in the Republic of Latvia's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone."
4. in article 7, first paragraph: make paragraph 3 by the following: "3) to issue and register the building, including the register in accordance with article 6 of this law, the special procedure in the process of construction building permits issued;"
Replace paragraph 5, the words "decisions of the būvvald" with the words "subsequent municipalities būvvald and decisions".
5. Express 10.1 the first paragraph as follows: "(1) Būvpraks or the certificate of practice is not necessary according to the Builder, who accept the construction and building permits for construction, also reconstructs or Recon, viendzīvokļ House, residential building or the Assistant holding non-residential buildings in General and in accordance with the procedure laid down by the būvnoteikumo."
6. Add to article 10.2 of the law with the following: ' article 10.2. (1) if the execution of the provisions of the relevant General and regulations require a construction and building permits was accepted, between members of the construction, except for family members and relatives of first and second degree of kinship, the performance or provision of services is to be concluded written work or enterprise agreements.
(2) if the execution of the provisions of the relevant General and regulations need not accept, building permits and construction projects of the members of the obligations and rights with respect to the form of the conclusion of the contract shall determine the civil law, labor law and other laws.
(3) If, in accordance with the first paragraph of this article requires a written agreement, but members of the construction-physical persons-not concluded a written contract, then deciding whether to call the physical person to the statutory liability or accept another adverse decision it, in addition to the other conditions laid down in the laws, if the person so designated and provide, valued the fact, or the work has been performed and the service is provided free of charge to personal relations. "
7. To make article 13, fifth subparagraph by the following: "(5) the performance of the works started or without building permits as an arbitrary construction, and responsibility for it is for legislation."
8. Turn off the third paragraph of article 14, the words "(also on the connection fee)".
9. Express article 16, third paragraph as follows: "(3) derogations from the legislation governing the construction of the technical requirements of construction after coordination with the relevant national and local institutions are possible in the following cases: 1) if the alternative technical solutions are provided by this law, article 3, third paragraph compliance with the requirements;
2) if the building or renovation of reconstruction, the technical requirements cannot be met due to compliance with building or lose its heritage value. "
10. Express article 17 as follows: "article 17. The construction of its part or group is used only according to the design features and only after its adoption into service. "
11. Replace the words "article 18" with the words "the Builder customer or Builder".
12. the title of chapter V be expressed by the following: "chapter V. Et seq of the construction products, standards and conformity assessment ".
13. in article 22: make the first part of the first sentence by the following: "all construction participants, with the exception of article 16 of this law provided for in the third subparagraph, must follow Latvian et seq, which determines the levels of technical specifications, criteria and limitations.";
to turn off the second part.
14. Express 29. the second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the national būvinspekcij in addition to other legislation stipulated tasks: 1) checking that the officials and State and local government institutions comply with the Act and other legislation in the field of construction;
2) control law and other legislative requirements regarding the quality of construction products;
3) during the construction process examination of the rule of law on its own initiative, in any case, as well as to the application of the person, except when the application specified in the decision or action in accordance with the laws and regulations are arguably or appeal the administrative procedure;
4) gives instructions for local būvvald the construction process found a violation of the rule of law and to monitor their performance. "
15. To supplement the provisions of the third paragraph of article 30.1 after "the decision" with the words "construction suspension, interruption, or" works.
16. Replace article 32, the words "the owner or user of" with the words "the owner, possessor or user".
17. transitional provisions: transitional provisions be supplemented by 16.1 points the following wording: "16.1 up to the date of this law, article 4, first paragraph, point 9 provides information database fully operational launch, local government economic Ministry sends information on building permits issued and existing structures in the operation. The Ministry of Economic Affairs gives the other national regulatory authorities to access this information, if necessary for those authorities the statutory tasks. The Cabinet of Ministers determines the extent and manner transmitted information on building permits issued and accepted structures in operation, as well as the order in which this information is available for other public authorities. ";
transitional provisions be supplemented by the following paragraph 22: "22 Cabinet until 31 December 2008 issued article 2 of this law in the fifth subparagraph, these provisions." The law shall enter into force on 1 February 2008.
The law adopted by the Parliament in the 2007 20 December. President Valdis Zatlers in Riga V 2008 January 9