Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Community Disputes Resolution (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

New section 11A

In the CDRA, after section 11, insert —“Order to address hoarding11A.—

(1)

A tribunal may, on the application of the Director‑General, make an order to authorise a community relations officer or any other person specified in the order to remove and dispose of any thing or material in a place of residence specified in the order if the tribunal is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that —

(a)

there are accumulated or stockpiled, excessive or unconstrained things or material in the place of residence that a reasonable person would consider to be of low or no value or no utility in the circumstances;

(b)

the individual residing in the place of residence is unwilling or unable to remove or dispose of those things or material despite a notice or advisory to do so given by a community relations officer, a public officer, an officer or employee of a statutory body or a person exercising a public official function;

(c)

the accumulation or stockpiling of those things or material in the place of residence is of a nature or in a quantity that is causing unreasonable interference to the individual’s neighbour; and

(d)

an order for specific performance had been made under section 5(1)(c) whether before, on or after the appointed date but prior to the Director‑General’s application, for the removal and disposal of the things or material mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) but any term of the order has not been complied with.(2) The order of the tribunal made under subsection (1) may authorise a community relations officer or any other person specified in the order to do any of the following with or without the consent of the owner or occupier of the place of residence:

(a)

enter a place of residence at any reasonable time of the day for the purpose of enforcing the order;

(b)

remove and dispose of any thing or material in the place of residence, that if not removed or disposed of would in the opinion of a reasonable person cause unreasonable interference to the individual’s neighbour;

(c)

do any other act that may be specified in the order.(3) The tribunal may vary, suspend or revoke the order made under subsection (1) on the application of the Director‑General or any party to the order.(4) In this section, “appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 11 of the Community Disputes Resolution (Amendment) Act 2024.”.