Singapore legislation

Clause 33

of Building Control (Amendment) Bill

Clause 33

Amendment of section 29I

Section 29I of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “licensed builder” wherever they appear in subsections (1), (7) and (8) and substituting in each case the word “licensee”;

(b)

by deleting subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) A licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder who is a sole proprietor must ensure that —

(a)

the execution and performance of any general building works or specialist building works that the licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder is carrying out is personally supervised by —

(i)

an individual mentioned in section 29F(1)(d) or 29G(1)(d), as the case may be; or

(ii)

an individual mentioned in section 29F(1A)(c) or 29G(1A)(c), as the case may be; and

(b)

the name of the licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder (as the case may be) appears in any sign affixed or erected at the site where the general building works or specialist building works are carried out.(3) A licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder which is a partnership or a corporation must ensure that the execution and performance of the general building works or specialist building works that licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder is carrying out is personally supervised by —

(a)

an individual mentioned in section 29F(2)(d) or 29G(2)(d), as the case may be; or

(b)

an individual mentioned in section 29F(3)(g) or 29G(3)(g), as the case may be.(4) It is a condition of every general builder’s licence that the management of the business of the licensed general builder holding that licence, insofar as the business relates to general building works, must at all times be under the charge and direction of an individual mentioned in —

(a)

section 29F(1A)(b), if the licensed general builder is a sole proprietor; (b)section 29F(2)(c), if the licensed general builder is a partnership; or

(c)

section 29F(3)(f), if the licensed general builder is a corporation.(5) It is a condition of every specialist builder’s licence for a type of specialist building works that the management of the business of the licensed specialist builder holding that licence, insofar as it relates to that type of specialist building works, must at all times be under the charge and direction of an individual mentioned in —

(a)

section 29G(1A)(b), if the licensed specialist builder is a sole proprietor; (b)section 29G(2)(c), if the licensed specialist builder is a partnership; or

(c)

section 29G(3)(f), if the licensed specialist builder is a corporation.”; and

(c)

by deleting the words “builder’s licence” in subsections (6) and (7) and substituting in each case the word “licence”.