Singapore legislation
Section 86
Section 86
Strata Titles Boards
(1)
There shall be one or more Strata Titles Boards to be presided over by a President or Deputy President to be appointed by the Minister.
(2)
The Minister may appoint not more than 3 Deputy Presidents of the Boards.
(3)
Unless otherwise provided by this Act, a Board shall determine by arbitration every dispute of which it has cognizance and every matter with respect to which it has jurisdiction under this Act.
(4)
Except where otherwise provided by this Act, a Board shall, in relation to a dispute of which the Board has cognizance or any other matter with respect to which the Board has jurisdiction under this Act, be constituted by the President or a Deputy President and 2 or 4 members selected by the President for the purposes of the dispute or matter from the panel constituted in accordance with this Part.
(5)
Any party to a dispute of which a Board has cognizance, or a matter with respect to which a Board has jurisdiction, under this Act may, within the prescribed period and for any reasonable cause, object in writing to any member of the Board selected by the President under subsection (4).
(6)
The Board shall be constituted —
upon the expiration of the prescribed period if the Registrar of the Boards does not earlier receive any objection under subsection (5);
if any objection received under subsection (5) is allowed by the President, upon the selection of another member by the President; or
if any objection received under subsection (5) is disallowed by the President, upon the decision to disallow the objection.
(7)
No person shall be appointed as the President or a Deputy President of the Board unless he is a qualified person within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161).