Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Building Control (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Repeal and re-enactment of section 15

Section 15 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Registers15.—

(1)

The Commissioner of Building Control shall keep and maintain the following registers:

(a)

a register of accredited checkers registered under section 16; and

(b)

a register of accredited checking organisations registered under section 16A,in which shall be entered the names and prescribed particulars of the persons and organisations registered.(2) The absence of the name of any person or organisation from the registers kept under subsection (1) shall be prima facie evidence that —

(a)

in the case of the register of accredited checkers, that the person is not so registered or that his registration has been suspended or cancelled; and

(b)

in the case of the register of accredited checking organisations, that the organisation is not so registered or that its registration has been suspended or cancelled.(3) The registers referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept and maintained at the office of the Commissioner of Building Control and shall be available for inspection by any person without charge during office hours.”.