Singapore legislation
Section 24A
Section 24A
Duties of qualified person appointed under section 13
(1)
Every qualified person who is appointed under section 13 in respect of an application for planning permission or conservation permission must —
prepare the plans of the development or works within a conservation area required, by rules made under section 61, to be submitted with the application for planning permission or conservation permission and take all reasonable steps and exercise due diligence to ensure that the plans are prepared in accordance with —
the provisions of this Act;
where applicable, any conditions and requirements imposed by the competent authority in any outline permission or provisional permission for the development or works, or existing written permission, granted in respect of the land; and
all relevant guidelines of the competent authority;
notify the competent authority of any contravention of this Act or non-compliance with any condition or requirement mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii) that the qualified person knows or ought reasonably to know about;
submit to the competent authority a declaration that the qualified person has prepared the plans and that the plans are prepared in accordance with paragraph (a); and
supply a copy of every plan of the development or works approved by the competent authority to the qualified person appointed under section 19A to supervise the development or works.
(2)
If any qualified person who is appointed under section 13 becomes unwilling or unable, whether by reason of the termination of the qualified person’s appointment or for any other reason, to carry out the qualified person’s duties under this Act, the qualified person must, within 14 days after ceasing to carry out his or her duties, notify the competent authority of that fact.
(3)
A qualified person —
who fails to comply with the requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
who fails to comply with the requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both,and to an additional fine not exceeding $1,000 for each day or part of a day the qualified person fails to comply with the requirement and, if the failure to comply continues after conviction, the qualified person shall be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable on conviction of this further offence to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the failure to comply continues after conviction.
(4)
In any prosecution for an offence under subsection (3) for failing to comply with the requirement to notify a contravention or non‑compliance mentioned in subsection (1)(b), it is a defence for the qualified person charged to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the qualified person did not know and could not reasonably have discovered the contravention or non-compliance.
(5)
A qualified person who fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.