Section 49

the regulation or prohibition of the exhibition of advertising signs, skysigns, aerial signs and projected advertisement in or on any premises and the regulation of the size and construction of those signs and advertisements;

the submission of plans of building works, the authorisation of persons qualified to submit the same and their duties and responsibilities, and the nature or classification of plans which each person may submit;

the manner of making applications for and granting of approval of plans of building works and permits to carry out building works;

the structural strength and stability of buildings or proposed buildings, including —

precautions against overloading;

measures to safeguard adjacent buildings;

underpinning;

the design and construction of buildings, including —

the preparation of sites for building works;

exterior features;

[Deleted by Act 18 of 2003](iv)the natural lighting and ventilation of buildings;

the headroom of rooms, cubicles and staircases and other spaces within buildings;

the suitability and use of materials and components;

environmental sustainability measures that improve the total quality of life and minimises adverse effects to the environment, both now and in the future;

the demolition of buildings and the safety precautions to be taken in respect thereof;

prohibiting or regulating the occupation of buildings;

the control and regulation of measures for energy conservation in buildings;

the provision of embankments and retaining walls;

measures to improve efficiency and standardisation in the construction industry relating to design, processes, construction techniques, products and materials;

the regulation of persons authorised to carry out installation or retrofitting of any exterior feature, including prescribing the qualifications and training of such persons, and their duties and responsibilities in connection with installing or retrofitting the exterior feature;

measures for the construction, installation and inspection of lifts and escalators;

the control, regulation and supervision by registration, licensing, inspection or otherwise of places to which the public has access;

the prescribing of documents, books or records to be kept and reports or certificates to be made under this Act;

the time and manner of making, and the information and documents to be provided in respect of, an application for a temporary occupation permit and a certificate of statutory completion;

the manner in which the duties and responsibilities of accredited checkers and specialist accredited checkers are to be discharged;

the manner in which appeals may be made to and determined by the Minister under this Act and the information to be supplied by the Commissioner of Building Control in connection therewith;

the granting of permits for the erection, demolition and occupation and the control of buildings required for a limited time or constructed of short-lived materials;

the procedure for the sampling of building materials under section 33;

the prescribing of forms necessary for the administration of this Act; and

the prescribing of fees and charges for the purposes of this Act.

any particular objective and performance requirement for the design and construction of any building is deemed to be complied with if the building is constructed with such specifications, materials, designs or methods of construction as may be specified by the Commissioner of Building Control; and

the Commissioner of Building Control may issue in any form that he or she thinks fit, and from time to time amend, one or more Approved Documents setting out the specifications, materials, designs or methods of construction which are, without affecting any alternative means of achieving compliance, deemed to comply with the relevant objective and performance requirement for the design and construction of buildings prescribed in those regulations.