Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 19X

Section 19X of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of subsection (2), the following paragraph:“(ba)provide for different prescribed periods under section 19H or 19J for the rent payable for —

(i)

different types of prescribed property; or

(ii)

different parts of a prescribed property;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsections:“(5) Regulations made under this section for the purpose of prescribing the amount of rent waived under section 19H(1) or 19J(1) in relation to any prescribed property, may be made to operate retrospectively to a date before the issue of the notice of cash grant pertaining to a PTO of that property but not earlier than 31 July 2020.(6) Regulations made under this section may, in respect of any retrospective regulations in subsection (5), also provide for the recovery by a party to a lease agreement of an amount from the other party that was paid to or withheld by the other party in reliance on section 19H or 19J and the regulations in force before the date the retrospective regulations were made.”.