Legal Measures On Building Control Act In Thailand

Abstract

This research aimed to study the problems and obstacles related to legal measures for building control and to study appropriate measures and methods to be used as a guideline for resolving problems and revising building control laws with efficiency and fairness. This study is a documentary research. The findings revealed that the problems and obstacles related to the legal measures on building control consisted of (1) the problem of using the authority of the local officials to permit the construction of buildings (2) the problem of punishing offenders (3) issues with fine comparison; and (4) issues with appeals and appeals. In addition, the guidelines to solve problems and improve the building control law effectively and to create fairness are as follows: (1) the provisions of the building control act should be amended; According to the section relating to the application for permission to construct, modify, demolish or move the building that "or the occupant of the building" (2) the provisions of the consideration of the application for a permit relating to the period for reviewing the application for the Building Control Act should be amended from within 45 days to within 90 days from the date of request. (3) Exercise of powers of local officials Central rules should be established to control before the appropriate discretion of the local officials. (4) issuing punishment orders for violators under the building control laws of local officials. If the issuance of an order has a guarantee of fairness that is lower than that of the central law, the local official shall use the procedure for making an administrative order according to the central law in making the order. (5) Request for extension of time for submitting an appeal to the local official. The appeal must be filed with the local official who issued the order as the cause of the case and shall include submitting to the letter courier in the office of the local official or sending by post to the local official as well (6) Comparison of criminal cases, in an offense under the building control law, the investigating officer should have the power to settle the offense against the building control law, like other criminal cases in general.