Clause 8

by deleting the word “residential,” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “residential building or”;

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)provide one letter box for each lot within any residential building or commercial or industrial building;”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsections:“(4A) Where letter boxes are provided under subsection (3) for a residential building, or a commercial or industrial building, that is a subdivided building, the applicable person for the building must —

ensure that one letter box (whether provided under subsection (3) or under this subsection) continues to be provided for each lot within the building;

where any lot within the building is further subdivided into 2 or more lots, provide one letter box for each new lot;

ensure that the letter boxes —

are numbered, or continue to be numbered, in numerical sequence; and

are at all times kept in a state of good and serviceable repair;

repair or replace without unreasonable delay any letter box which is damaged or otherwise unusable; and

comply with all specifications issued, approved or amended by the Postal Authority under subsection (1).(4B) The applicable person for a building mentioned in subsection (4A) may recover the costs reasonably incurred for providing a letter box for a new lot within the building under subsection (4A)(b) from the subsidiary proprietor of the new lot or the person who is registered under the Land Titles Act as the proprietor of the fee simple, estate in perpetuity or leasehold estate of the new lot if —

the building is premises comprised in a strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act; and

the letter box provided is not common property or limited common property of the building.(4C) In the case of a residential building, or a commercial or industrial building, that is not a subdivided building, the person who is registered under the Land Titles Act as the proprietor of the fee simple, estate in perpetuity or leasehold estate of the building must —

ensure that the letter box provided for the building under subsection (3) is at all times kept in a state of good and serviceable repair;

where the letter box is damaged or otherwise unusable, repair or replace the letter box without unreasonable delay; and

comply with all specifications issued, approved or amended by the Postal Authority under subsection (1).(4D) A person who contravenes subsection (4A) or (4C) shall be guilty of an offence.”;

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “commercial or industrial building” in subsection (9), the following definition:“ “applicable person”, for a residential building, or a commercial or industrial building, means —

in relation to a building that is premises comprised in a strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act —

where the letter boxes are common property of the building — the management corporation having control of that common property;

where the letter boxes are limited common property of the building — the subsidiary management corporation established by the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act having control of that limited common property; or

where the letter boxes are not common property or limited common property of the building — the management corporation having control of the common property of the building;

in relation to a building in a housing estate of the Housing and Development Board (called an HDB housing estate) —

where the building’s common property is in an HDB housing estate that is controlled, managed and maintained by a Town Council — that Town Council; or

where the building’s common property is in an HDB housing estate that is not controlled, managed and maintained by a Town Council — the Housing and Development Board; or

in relation to a building that is a subdivided building other than a subdivided building mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), every person who is registered under the Land Titles Act as the proprietor of the fee simple, estate in perpetuity or leasehold estate of a lot in that building;”; and

by deleting the definitions of “common property”, “limited common property” and “owner” in subsection (9) and substituting the following definitions:“ “lot” means any stratum that satisfies all of the following requirements:

the stratum —

is within a parcel of any land, building and common property comprised or to be comprised in a strata title plan and is shown as a lot on the strata title plan, including a lot specified as an accessory lot on any such plan; or

is within any land or building not comprised or not to be comprised in a strata title plan;

the stratum is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business or for any other purpose;

a number has been allotted to the stratum by the Comptroller of Property Tax under section 51(1) of the Property Tax Act;“owner” and “stratum” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act;“subdivided building” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act.”.