Singapore legislation
Clause 51
Clause 51
Adoption of codes and standards
(1)
Any building regulations made under section 50 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 building regulations deal and which is —
recommended, issued or adopted by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research;
recommended, issued or adopted by —
the British Standards Institution; or
any other standards organisation or body of any place outside Singapore being an organisation or body approved by the Building Authority;
included in any document issued by any Government department or issued by any public authority constituted by any written law.
(2)
The Building Authority shall cause a copy of every code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted pursuant to subsection (1) (other than a code, standard, rule, specification or provision recommended, issued or adopted by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research) to be made available for inspection by members of the public without charge at the office of the Building Authority during normal office hours.
(3)
In any proceedings under the building regulations, a copy certified by the Building Authority as a true copy of a code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted pursuant to subsection (1) (other than a code, standard, rule, specification or provision recommended, issued or adopted by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research) shall be evidence of the code, standard, rule, specification or provision so adopted.