Section 4: Requirements for permits

4. Requirements for permits (1) No permit shall be issued by a local authority unless— (a) the following enactments, as the case may be, are complied with— (i) this Act; (ii) the Environment Protection Act; (iii) the Local Government Act; (iv) the Planning and Development Act; and (v) the Town and Country Planning Act; (b) the requirements specified in section 3 and the minimum building standards are complied with; (c) the prescribed minimum energy efficiency requirements, if any, are complied with; and (d) plans and drawings for the proposed building works are drawn up and signed in accordance with subsection (2) and such guidelines as may be issued by a local authority. (2) Where a building has a floor area of— (a) more than 150 square metres, the plans and drawings for the proposed building works shall be— (i) drawn up and signed electronically by an architect; (ii) where required under guidelines issued or regulations made under the Local Government Act, certified by an engineer; and (iii) forwarded by the architect or engineer, as the case may be, by such electronic or other technological means as the relevant local authority may direct; (b) 150 square metres or less, the plans and drawings for the proposed building works— (i) may be drawn up by a person other than an architect; and (ii) where required under guidelines issued or regulations made under the Local Government Act, shall be certified by an engineer. [S. 4 amended by s. 7 of Act 10 of 2017 w.e.f. 24 July 2017; s. 7 (1) (b) of Act 10 of 2018 w.e.f. 10 October 2018.] PART II – BUILDING CONTROL ADVISORY COUNCIL