Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Building Control Bill

Clause 8

Supervision of building works

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the building regulations, no person shall commence or carry out —

(a)

any building works except under the supervision of an appropriate qualified person;

(b)

the structural elements of a prescribed class of building works except under the full-time supervision of a site supervisor; or

(c)

concreting, piling, prestressing, tightening of high-friction grip bolts or other critical structural works of a prescribed class of building works except under the immediate supervision of a site supervisor or qualified person.

(2)

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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