(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the decisions of the Board of Zoning, Subdivision and Building Appeals rendered on the subject matter of this chapter.
(b) After notice and hearing, the Commissioner shall promulgate regulations pursuant to title 3 Virgin Islands Code chapter 35 to carry out the purpose of this chapter, including regulations governing the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, use and occupancy, safety, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing equipment, wireless facilities, inspection of buildings and structures in the Territory, and reasonable administrative fees.
(c) In the administration of this chapter the Commissioner shall require compliance with the Fire Prevention Code set out in Chapter 9 of Title 23 and the regulations of the Police Commissioner issued thereunder.
(d) In the administration of this chapter the Commissioner shall require compliance with the relevant provisions of Chapters 53 and 55 of Title 19, Virgin Islands Code, and the rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Health issued thereunder.
(e) Any person who has been served written notice of a violation of the provisions of this chapter by the Commissioner and shall have been ordered in writing to comply with the same, shall be allowed a period of forty-five (45) days to comply with the order of the Commissioner. Whoever having been so notified and shall have wilfully failed to comply with said order shall upon conviction of the same be fined not more than $500. Each day of wilful violation after such conviction shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable by the same fine.
(f) The Attorney General shall prosecute all actions required for the enforcement of provisions of this chapter.
(g) In case any building is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building or structure is used in violation of this chapter, the Attorney General, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful action, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy or use of the building or structure or any illegal act or use in and about such premises.
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(i) The Commissioner may advise, consult, cooperate, contract and enter into agreements, subject to all applicable Virgin Islands procurement statutes, with agencies of the federal and territorial governments, interstate agencies and with other persons, as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.