Building Control (Fees) Regulations

1. Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Fees) Regulations, 2020.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Title”.

“These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Fees) Regulations, 2020.”

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Practical effect

The power must be exercised by the authorised decision-maker, within the conditions and purpose stated in the section.

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Fees) Regulations, 2020.

Judicial interpretation

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

Related provisions

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific amendment note or instrument-level amendment history appears in this consolidation.

2. Fees

The fees specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be paid in respect of the matters they relate to under the Building Control Act, 2013 and Schedule 4 of the Building Control Regulations, 2020.

SCHEDULE Regulation 2

FEES

TOWN Class A and B- building permit- CITIES MUNICIPALITIES DISTRICTS S/N fee for new buildings (Fee in

Scrutinising of drawings, plans and 1 documents including verifying of 2,200 1,700 1,700 1,300 1,300 1,000 1,100 950 4982 applications for building permits

Class C- building permit-fee for TOWN

Scrutinising of drawings, plans and applications for building permits

TOWN Class A and B- building CITIES MUNICIPALITIES DISTRICTS inspection-fee for new buildings S/N (fee in Uganda shillings per square meter of floor area per annum for Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B the duration of a building permit)

1 Building control and inspection fee 1,000 1,000 750 750 500 500 300 300

FEES FOR ISSUANCE OF BUILDING OCCUPATION PERMIT

Class A and B- occupation permit- TOWN CITIES MUNICIPALITIES DISTRICTS S/N fee for new buildings (Fee in COUNCILS 4983 Scrutinizing of drawings, plans and 1 documents including verifying of 1,200 1,200 950 950 700 700 500 500 applications for occupation permits

Class C- occupation permit-fee for TOWN

Scrutinizing of drawings, plans and applications for occupation permits

FEES FOR ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR OTHER BUILDING OPERATIONS

Fees for other building operations TOWN S/N CITIES MUNICIPALITIES DISTRICTS (Flat rate in Uganda shillings) COUNCILS

1 Demolition 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 2 Wharves or Bridges 3 Retaining Walls 4 Amendment of approved plan 5 Temporary building works 6 Renewal and resubmission of plans 7 Alterations to existing building 8 Alterations to existing building- front Schedule 4 of the Building Control Regulations, 2020 shall apply 9 Alterations involving room subdivision 4984 Series of typical Buildings/Floors 1st Building/Floor 2nd to 5th Building/Floor 10 6th to 10th Building/Floor 11th to 25th Building/Floor 26th and above

Cross Reference Building Control Regulations, 2020, S.I No. 3 of 2020.

GEN. EDWARD KATUMBA WAMALA, Minister of Works and Transport.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Fees”.

“The fees specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be paid in respect of the matters they relate to under the Building Control Act, 2013 and Schedule 4 of the Building Control Regulations, 2020.”