Singapore legislation
Section 106
Section 106
Adoption of codes and standards
(1)
Any regulations made under section 113 may adopt (wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations or by reference) any code, standard, rule, specification or provision which relates to any matter with which the regulations deal and which is —
recommended, issued or adopted by the Enterprise Singapore Board;
recommended, issued or adopted by any other standards organisation or body of any place outside Singapore being an organisation or body approved by the Commissioner; or
included in any document issued by any Government department or issued by the public authority constituted under any written law.
(2)
The Commissioner must cause a copy of every code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted under subsection (1)(b) or (c) to be made available for inspection by members of the public without charge at the office of the Commissioner during normal office hours.
(3)
In any proceedings under this Act, a copy certified by the Commissioner as a true copy of a code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted under subsection (1)(b) or (c) is evidence of the code, standard, rule, specification or provision so adopted.
(4)
Unless otherwise provided in any regulations made under section 113, in the event that any code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted under subsection (1) is inconsistent with the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings published by the Commissioner, the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings prevails.[55