The authorised officer or any other member of the service empowered by him in this behalf may, after completion of the inspection of the building or premises or part thereof, record his views on the deviations from or the contraventions of, the building bye-laws with regard to the fire prevention and fire safety measures or the inadequacy or non-compliance of such measures provided or to be provided therein with reference to the height of the building or premises or the nature of activities carried on in such building or premises or part thereof, and issue a notice to the owner or occupier of such building or premises or part thereof directing him to undertake such measures within such time as may be specified in the notice.
22. Steps to be taken in the event of non-compliance of notice - The authorised officer or any other member of service empowered by him in this behalf may, in the event of non-compliance of any notice issued under section 21, take such steps as may be necessary for the compliance of such notice.
CHAPTER -IV EXPENDITURE OF MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE
23. Expenditure on service - (1) The expenditure in connection with the service shall be met out of the Consolidated Fund of the State.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in any other law for the time being in force the Government may recover from any person or industry in any area such contribution towards the cost of the portion of the service maintained in that area as the Government may from time to time, direct.
24. Fees - Where members of the service are sent beyond the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh in order to extinguish a fire in the neighborhood of such limits, the owner or occupier of the premises where the fire has occurred or spread shall be liable to pay such fee as may be prescribed in this behalf.
25. Imposition and collection of fee - (1) With effect from such date as the State Government may by notification in the official gazette appoint in this behalf, there shall be levied a fee for the purposes of this Act on all owners of high-rise buildings within the jurisdiction of the Director General or the nominated authority to which this Act applies.
(2) The rate of such fee shall be not less than five rupees but not more than ten rupees per square metre of the built-up area of every high-rise building as shown in the approved building plan of such building, as the Director General may impose and the manner of imposition, assessment and collection thereof shall be such as may be prescribed.
(3) The fee as herein before provided shall be payable by the owner of every high-rise building along with the applications submitted to the Director General for approval of the building plans under the building byelaws:
Provided that, in case of every high-rise building the construction of which has been completed or commenced within a period of five years before the coming into force of this Act, such fee shall be payable within one month from the receipt of notice of demand, in respect thereof by the owner and if the owner is not the occupier, by the occupier for the time being of the premises in respect of which such fee is due:
Provided further that, where the owner or occupier fails to pay such fee within the period as aforesaid, the same shall be recoverable as if it were arrear of land revenue.
CHAPTER - V PENALTIES