Construction owners asked to apply for issuance of occupancy certificates for construction

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has called for construction site owners to apply for Issuance of Occupancy Certificates for Construction which is aimed to manage construction data efficiency and to ensure the quality, safety, beauty of construction sites as well as  protecting construction owners and the public.

According to the prakas on “Legal procedures of providing building permits which the construction of buildings have been finished before the law on construction gets into effective” and dated on 06 December, the ministry said that the prakas aims to prevent risks caused by using poor quality and safety buildings for building works and to economically upgrade prices of the buildings.

The prakas is for implementation on all kinds of construction which are required to have construction permits and the constructions have been finished before the construction law came into effect on such constructions as without construction permits, constructions built different from the issued construction permits, and constructions with construction permits but do not have verification certificates or construction-closing permits.

“In the two-year period after the construction law comes into effect, owners of constructions have to apply for the Issuance of Occupancy Certificates for Construction from authorised officials in case the construction is required to have construction permits,” the ministry said.

Owners of constructions built and finished before 20 December, 1997, can apply for the certificates from the authorised officials.

Additionally, the ministry said that for constructions under the authorisation of Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, owners of constructions have to apply for the certificates at the One Window Service at the ministry and constructions under authorisation of provincial and Phnom Penh Municipal Halls or districts and cities, have to apply for certificates at the One Window Service respectively.

The construction law was put into effect on 02 November, 2019.

 

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