Singapore legislation
Section 31K
Section 31K
Evaluation of essential construction material
(1)
The evaluation of any essential construction material for the purposes of this Part shall include such analysis, test or examination of the essential construction material as may be prescribed to determine the following matters:
the acid soluble sulphate content, the chloride content and the alkali-silica reactivity of the essential construction material;
whether the essential construction material is otherwise unsuitable, given its composition, for producing concrete for use in building works, street works or railway works in Singapore; and
whether the essential construction material complies with such other requirements as may have been prescribed in relation thereto.
(2)
An evaluation of any essential construction material for the purposes of this Part may be carried out by any authorised analyst but not any other.
(3)
An authorised analyst shall, on completing his evaluation of any essential construction material for the purposes of this Part, issue to the Authority a certificate stating the authorised analyst’s findings, and shall submit a copy of that certificate to the Authority within the prescribed time.
(4)
Upon receiving any certificate of an authorised analyst under subsection (3) relating to any consignment of essential construction material imported by a licensee, the Authority shall without delay consider the findings of the authorised analyst to determine whether the quality of the essential construction material is of acceptable quality for use in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore.
(5)
Any quantity of any essential construction material found in any premises or in or on any conveyance at the time when a sample thereof is taken pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to possess the same properties as such sample.