URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (b) prohibit the use of any building or land which contravenes any such condition; (c) execute any work which under any such condition it is the duty of any person to execute and recover from that person the expenses incurred by the council in executing such work. (2) Before taking any action in terms of subsection (1), the council shall serve notice on the owner and on the occupier of the building or land in respect of which the action is proposed to be taken, specifying the nature of the action proposed and the grounds upon which it proposes to take that action. (3) If— (a) the notice in terms of subsection (2) relates to a condition which imposes— (i) restrictions on the purposes for which the property may be used; or (ii) any requirements to be complied with or to be observed in connection with the erection of any building on the property; or (iii) any restriction or requirement to be observed, not referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), which is subject to control under an approved scheme, operative master plan or operative local plan as defined in the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act [Chapter 29:12] that relates to the area in which that property is situated; and (b) the person upon whom the notice has been served is aggrieved by the action proposed to be taken in terms of subsection (1); he may, within twenty-eight days after the date of service of the notice, appeal to the Administrative Court and no action shall thereafter be taken by the council until the appeal has been determined by that Court or the appeal has been withdrawn or abandoned. (4) If on an appeal in terms of subsection (3) the Administrative Court— (a) is satisfied that the council is entitled to take the proposed action on the grounds specified in the notice, it shall dismiss the appeal; (b) is not satisfied that the council is entitled to take the proposed action on the grounds specified in the notice, it shall allow the appeal. 200 Fire brigade (1) A council may provide and maintain for use inside or outside the council area for the protection and saving of life and property in the case of fire or other emergency, a fire brigade and a fire protection service including all personnel, vehicles, machines, equipment, appliances and appurtenances necessary or incidental thereto. (2) The personnel of the fire brigade shall consist of employees of the council, whether permanent or part-time employees, or of volunteers or of both. (3) The officer in charge of the fire brigade may, if he considers it necessary in the case of any fire or other emergency, employ casual assistants on behalf of the council and avail himself of the assistance of persons who place their services at his disposal, and any such assistants or persons shall, whilst engaged at that fire or in connection with that emergency, be deemed to be members of the fire brigade. 201 Powers and duties of fire brigade (1) The officer in charge of a council’s fire brigade shall, at any fire or for the purpose of dealing with any other emergency, take all measures which he may consider to be necessary or expedient for fighting, extinguishing and preventing the spread of the fire or for meeting the emergency and for the protection or saving of life and property. (2) Without derogation from the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the officer in charge of a fire brigade, in the exercise of the powers so conferred, may himself or through any member of the fire brigade— (a) take possession and, until all the members of the fire brigade are withdrawn, shall have control of the property on fire or involved in the emergency and all other property in the vicinity considered by him to be in danger; (b) where he considers it to be necessary for fighting the fire or dealing with the emergency, close any road without compliance with the procedure specified in any other law; (c) enter upon, break into or through, pull down or destroy any property; 71