Clause 31

prescribing model by‑laws for the purpose of the management, administration, control, use or enjoyment of the common property of the residential and commercial property in the housing estates of the Board within a Town, which may include all or any of the following matters:

restricting or prohibiting behaviour or activities on any common property;

restricting or prohibiting parking of vehicles on any common property;

other details of any common property of which the use is restricted;

waste disposal;

safety or security measures;

conferring power on a Town Council to store or dispose of, or authorise the disposal of, goods left on common property with housing estates within its Town and the passing of title to any goods on such disposal;

prescribing, for the purposes of section 19(1)(c), the different types of uses of any part of the common property within a Town, or for otherwise enjoying the benefit of any improvements by, or services and facilities provided by, a Town Council, including for different users or different types of common property, improvements, services or facilities within a Town, or in different parts of a Town;

about the governance of Town Councils, including requirements for the preparation and submission of documents or information in compliance with such governance requirements or best practices, and the periodic disclosure to the Minister of the level of such compliance by Town Councils;

prescribing a caretaker policy (and requirements for its adoption by a Town Council) governing the conduct of the Town Council and its officers and employees (including prohibiting the making of major policy decisions) during the caretaker period that —

starts on the issue of a writ of election for every constituency comprised in the Town for which the Town Council is established; and

ends on the date that the elected members of a Town Council assume office for that Town Council after that election;

providing that any contravention of any provision of these rules shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

providing such saving, transitional and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.(3) All rules made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.”.