Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
of Building and Construction Authority (Registration of Construction Personnel) Regulations 2008
Regulation 8
Application for registration
Subregulation 1
Every application to register under these Regulations shall be made by the construction personnel concerned on the Authority’s website at https://www.bca.gov.sg/CoreTrade, or in such manner as the Authority may specify on its website from time to time, and be accompanied by the fee specified in regulation 11.
Subregulation 2
Every applicant for registration shall, if so required in writing by an authorised officer —
attend personally before the authorised officer; and
provide clarification to the authorised officer as to such additional information and document as may be required.
Subregulation 3
Where an applicant for registration fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement of the authorised officer under paragraph (2), the Authority may reject the application.
Subregulation 4
Subject to regulation 6, upon receiving an application to register under these Regulations under paragraph (1), the Authority shall consider the application and may —
register the applicant as a construction tradesman, construction foreman or construction supervisor in one or more classes referred to in regulation 4, 5 or 5A, subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit; or
refuse the registration.
Subregulation 5
Where the Authority has registered a person, or renewed the person’s registration, as a construction personnel, it shall issue to that person a certificate of such registration, specifying the class of the person’s registration, if any.