Section 21: Control of structures

21. Control of structures (1) The Minister may, by notice under the hand of the Permanent Secretary— (a) require the owner of any building and land to— (i) provide service roads to give access to such building or land from any motorway or main road; or (ii) provide parking space and space for the loading and unloading of goods to such building or land; (b) prohibit the erection of any structure with a frontage on the boundary line between any premises and a motorway or main road; (c) subject, in respect of any road in a planning area, to prior consultation with the local authority for such area or the Town and Country Planning Board, prohibit the erection of any structure or the carrying out of any works on or under land within 300 feet of the centre line of any motorway or main road; or (d) require the owner of any land adjoining a road, upon which scrap metal, scrap iron or scrap heaps of any kind are deposited, to erect a fence, hedge or wall so as to screen such scrap from the road. (2) Any person who fails to comply, within the time granted by the Minister, with a notice issued under subsection (1) shall commit an offence, and [Issue 1] R28 – 12 Revised Laws of Mauritius the Minister may cause any work specified in the notice to be carried out and may recover from the person the expenses reasonably incurred in the work as if it were a civil debt.