Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Disability and Other Performance Requirements for Buildings
22DA. Requiring works to be done upon trigger application
Last amended by an amending law of 2020.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Where the Commissioner of Building Control receives, on or after the date of commencement of section 17 of the Building Control (Amendment) Act 2020, a trigger application relating to a relevant building, the Commissioner of Building Control may, by written notice, require the owner of the relevant building (who may or may not be the applicant of a trigger application relating to the same relevant building) to do the following:
Commissioner of Building Control
“Commissioner of Building Control”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;
to prepare and submit for approval the plans of relevant building works specified by the Commissioner of Building Control in the notice in relation to that relevant building;
where the plans of the relevant building works mentioned in paragraph (a) are approved, to complete those relevant building works in relation to the relevant building within the time specified in the notice.
An owner of a relevant building given a notice under subsection (1) who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the notice —
building
“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes —(a)a hut, shed or roofed enclosure;(b)an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary;(c)a dock, wharf or jetty;(ca)a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that —(i)is or is to be supported by water;(ii)is not intended for or useable in navigation; and(iii)is or is to be permanently moored;(d)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel;(da)a fixed installation;(e)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non‑proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product;(f)a shelter provided under the Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997; and(g)such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; and
to a further fine not exceeding $250 for each day or part of a day the owner fails to comply with the notice; and
in the case of a continuing failure to comply with the notice after conviction, shall be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable on conviction to a further fine not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the failure to comply continues after conviction.
In this section —
“factory” means any building that is used or allowed to be used —
for handling, sorting, packing, storing, altering, repairing, constructing, processing or manufacturing any goods;
for the repair, construction or manufacturing of any vessel or vehicle; or
for any building operation or work of engineering construction,and includes any building associated with a building used or allowed to be used for a purpose in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
“relevant building” means a building —
the gross floor area of which is more than 500 square metres, or such other smaller minimum area prescribed in substitution;
gross floor area
“gross floor area”, in relation to a building, means the aggregate of the gross areas of all floor spaces of the building that are prescribed (whether the floor space is within or outside the building, enclosed, covered or otherwise), but excludes any prescribed excluded area;
to which members of the public have access as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, whether or not on payment of a fee, and whether or not access to the building may be restricted at particular times or for particular purposes; and
that is not comprised in any development which is used or allowed to be used solely for residential purposes or as a factory;
“relevant building works”, in relation to a relevant building, means building works to erect any physical feature —
building works
“building works” means —(a)the erection, extension or demolition of a building;(b)the alteration, addition or repair of a building;(c)the provision, extension or alteration of any air conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building,and includes any fixed installation works, and any site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
in any corridor, lobby, washroom or other common area in the relevant building to which occupiers of the relevant building have general access; and
towards satisfying the relevant performance requirement for the purposes of this Part;
performance requirement
“performance requirement” means a performance requirement in the building regulations that —(a)is to facilitate the access to, and use of, a building and its facilities by persons with disabilities; or(b)is prescribed in the building regulations for the purposes of this Part;
“trigger application” means an application for approval of the plans of any building works under section 5(1) for the alteration, addition or repair of a relevant building.
Terms defined in this Act
building
Defined · s 2“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes —(a)a hut, shed or roofed enclosure;(b)an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary;(c)a dock, wharf or jetty;(ca)a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that —(i)is or is to be supported by water;(ii)is not intended for or useable in navigation; and(iii)is or is to be permanently moored;(d)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel;(da)a fixed installation;(e)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non‑proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product;(f)a shelter provided under the Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997; and(g)such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
building works
Defined · s 2“building works” means —(a)the erection, extension or demolition of a building;(b)the alteration, addition or repair of a building;(c)the provision, extension or alteration of any air conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building,and includes any fixed installation works, and any site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
Commissioner of Building Control
Defined · s 2“Commissioner of Building Control”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;
gross floor area
Defined · s 22FA“gross floor area”, in relation to a building, means the aggregate of the gross areas of all floor spaces of the building that are prescribed (whether the floor space is within or outside the building, enclosed, covered or otherwise), but excludes any prescribed excluded area;
performance requirement
Defined · s 22D“performance requirement” means a performance requirement in the building regulations that —(a)is to facilitate the access to, and use of, a building and its facilities by persons with disabilities; or(b)is prescribed in the building regulations for the purposes of this Part;
physical feature
Defined · s 22D“physical feature”, in relation to a building, includes the following physical features (permanent or temporary):(a)any feature arising from the design or construction of the building;(b)any feature of any approach to, exit from or access to such a building;(c)any fixtures, fittings or facility in or on the premises of the building; or(d)any other physical element or quality of the land on which the building stands.
prescribed
Defined · s 29A“prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations made under section 29L.
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