(1) On receiving an application under regulation 60(1), the municipal building surveyor may determine or refuse to determine that a combined allotment can be treated as one allotment for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations.
(2) In deciding whether to make a determination under subregulation (1), the municipal building surveyor must be satisfied—
(a) that the structural adequacy of any building on the combined allotment; and
(b) that reasonable provision is made for—
(i) the amenity of any building on the combined allotment; and
(ii) the safety and health of people using any building on the combined allotment; and
(iii) avoiding the spread of fire to or from any adjoining building on the combined allotment.
(3) A determination under subregulation (1) must be in the form of Form 5.
(4) The municipal building surveyor, within 7 days after making a determination under subregulation (1), must give a copy of the determination to the applicant.
(5) The municipal building surveyor, within 7 days after refusing to make a determination under subregulation (1), must notify the applicant of that decision.