Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 65C

Section 65C of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and special upgrading works” in the penultimate and last lines of subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “or special upgrading works”; and

(b)

by deleting subsection (5A) and substituting the following subsection:“(5A) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, carry out special upgrading works in any building within a precinct if and only if —

(a)

it appears from a poll of such owners referred to in subsection (1A) that 75% or more of the total value in votes of such owners within the building in the precinct have been cast in favour of the proposal to carry out special upgrading works in the building; and

(b)

where the proposal is for the special upgrading works to be carried out in the building in the precinct together with any general upgrading works within the precinct, it also appears from a poll of prescribed owners referred to in subsection (2) that 75% or more of the total value in votes of all such owners of all flats within the precinct have been cast in favour of the proposal to carry out the general upgrading works in the precinct.”.

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