Singapore legislation
Regulation 7A
of Building Control (Accredited Checkers and Accredited Checking Organisations) Regulations
Regulation 7A
Duties of specialist accredited checkers
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of a specialist accredited checker appointed in respect of building works which comprise wholly or partly of any geotechnical building works to —
evaluate, analyse and review the geotechnical aspects of the geotechnical building works and perform such original calculations with a view to determining the adequacy of the geotechnical aspects of those geotechnical building works to be erected or carried out in accordance with the plans of those building works; and
verify that the geotechnical aspects of the geotechnical building works are consistent with the plans of those geotechnical building works and any amendment thereto.
Subregulation 1A
Without prejudice to paragraph (1), a specialist accredited checker shall in relation to any plans of geotechnical building works carry out the tasks set out in the Third Schedule.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the specialist accredited checker appointed under section 8(1) of the Act in respect of building works which comprise wholly or partly of any geotechnical building works to notify the Commissioner of Building Control of any contravention or non-compliance with the provisions of the Act in connection with any of the geotechnical aspects of the geotechnical building works.
Subregulation 3
Nothing in this regulation shall impose any such duty referred to in paragraph (2) on a specialist accredited checker in respect of any such contravention or non-compliance which he did not know and could not reasonably have discovered.