Singapore legislation

Section 27

of Building Control Act

Section 27

Regulations

(1)

The Minister may make such regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act as he considers necessary and for the prescribing of any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:

(a)

the regulation, restriction, prevention and licensing of the exhibition of advertisements, sky-signs, aerial signs and projected advertisements in or on any premises;

(b)

the submission of plans and specifications of works, the authorisation of persons qualified to submit the same and their duties and responsibilities, and the nature or classification of plans or specifications which each such person may submit;

(c)

the construction, alteration and demolition of buildings and the methods and materials to be used in connection therewith;

(d)

the frontage of, air space about, lighting, air-conditioning, ventilation and height of and approaches and entrances to, the provision of parking places for vehicles in or for and exits from, buildings;

(e)

the dimensions of rooms, cubicles, staircases and other parts of buildings and the provision of light and air thereto;

(f)

the provision for the paving, width and level of arcades and footways;

(g)

the provision in any building or any premises of water supply, sanitary accommodation, sink accommodation, bathing and washing accommodation, and accommodation for the storage, preparation and cooking of food;

(h)

the provision of embankments and retaining walls;

(i)

the provision of cesspools, privies, septic tanks, sewage purification plant and other matters relating to the reception or disposal of sewage and the provision of ash pits, dust-bins and like receptacles;

(j)

the provision of wells, tanks and cisterns;

(k)

the construction, maintenance and repair of drains and their connection to sewers;

(l)

measures for securing the prevention of fire and the provision, construction, maintenance and repair of means of escape from buildings in case of fire and of appliances for the prevention and extinguishment of fire;

(m)

the control, regulation and supervision by registration, licensing or otherwise of premises used for any trade or purpose specified in section 14;

(n)

measures for the construction, installation and inspection of lifts and escalators;

(o)

the provision for air and open spaces within or between buildings;

(p)

the control, regulation and supervision by registration, licensing, inspection or otherwise of places to which the public has access;

(q)

the issuing of certificates of fitness for occupation and the prohibition of occupation of any building until such a certificate has been issued in respect thereof;

(r)

the prescribing of forms for licences and for other purposes for use in connection with this Act;

(s)

the prescribing of fees and charges for the purposes of this Act;

(t)

the provision of the collection, storage and use of rainwater run-off from roofs.

(2)

The Minister may, in making any regulations under subsection (1), provide that any contravention of or failure to comply with any provisions thereof shall be an offence and may prescribe the penalty for the offence but the penalty shall not exceed the penalty for an offence under this Act.

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