Building and Construction Authority Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Supply of Essential Construction Materials
46. Exemption
Feedback & supportThe Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exempt any person or class of persons, any premises or class of premises, or any essential construction material from all or any of the requirements of any provision in this Part.
essential construction material
“essential construction material” means any of the following materials which are suitable for use in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore and the domestic supply of which is short:(a)granite;(b)sand;(c)such rocks, minerals or other construction materials (whether manufactured or otherwise) as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be essential construction material;
Without affecting subsection (1), nothing in this Part prohibits or prevents any person not licensed under this Part from importing —
worked monumental granite, granite sculptures or statues; or
millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels made of granite and the like, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones or metal.[31T