Singapore legislation

Clause 19

of Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 19

Amendment of section 22

Section 22(2) of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (b);

(b)

by deleting the words “certificate of fitness of the Deputy Director (Development and Building Control) of the Public Works Department” in paragraph (c)(iv) and substituting the words “certificate of statutory completion”; (c)by deleting paragraph (f) and substituting the following paragraph: “(f)the fees and charges to be paid for any matter or thing to be done for the purposes of this Act;”; and (d)by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (g) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(h)the regulation of show units for the purpose of ensuring that any information about or depiction of any house, flat or other housing accommodation offered for sale is accurate, including but not limited to —

(i)

requiring a licensed housing developer or any class of licensed housing developers to erect, set-up or display a show unit or such type of show units as may be prescribed; (ii)prescribing matters, for compliance by a licensed housing developer or any class of licensed housing developers, relating to the erection, furnishing, decoration, setting up or display of a show unit and its contents, including but not limited to its size, dimensions, boundaries, structures, installations, articles, materials and finishes, features, facilities, fittings and appliances; and

(iii)

requiring a licensed housing developer or any class of licensed housing developers to provide visitors to a show unit such information, permissions and facilities as may be prescribed;

(i)

the requirements relating to any information, map, plan, model or sample of any material that a licensed housing developer or any class of licensed housing developers may display or provide to any purchaser or prospective purchaser in relation to any house, flat or other housing accommodation offered for sale;

(j)

the regulation of the manner in which any house, flat or other housing accommodation is marketed or promoted, or the sale thereof is carried out, by a licensed housing developer or any class of licensed housing developers;

(k)

the regulation of the collection or receipt by a licensed housing developer of any cheque or other form of payment in respect of the sale or prospective sale of any house, flat or other housing accommodation; (l)the publication (in such form and manner as may be specified by the Controller) by a licensed housing developer of the purchase price and such other particulars as may be prescribed relating to an option to purchase or the sale of a house, flat or other housing accommodation; and

(m)

the regulation of any benefit (in the form of payment, rebate, reimbursement, allowance, discount, voucher or other benefit (whether monetary or otherwise)) that a licensed housing developer (or its agent or nominee) may give or agree to give to a purchaser or an intending purchaser in relation to or conditional upon the sale of any house, flat or other accommodation including —

(i)

requiring the disclosure of such benefit (including its amount or monetary value) in a contract between the licensed housing developer (or its agent or nominee) and the purchaser or intending purchaser;

(ii)

requiring the publication (in such form and manner as may be specified by the Controller) by the licensed housing developer of the amount or monetary value of such benefit; and

(iii)

prescribing the manner of determining the monetary value of such benefit.”.