Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Maintenance of Buildings
25D. Application of this Part
Last amended by an amending law of 2020.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This Part applies only to —
any building (subdivided or otherwise), and any common property or limited common property (which may include fixed installations) that are a building; and
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;
all exterior features on any building, except —
exterior features on any detached house, semi‑detached house, terrace house or linked house, none of which are comprised in any strata title plan; and
strata title plan
“strata title plan” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
exterior features located on the lowest level of any building.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
common property
Defined · s 2“common property” has the meaning given by —(a)the Town Councils Act 1988 where the common property is comprised in a housing estate of the Housing and Development Board; or(b)the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004 in any other case;
limited common property
Defined · s 2“limited common property” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004;
strata title plan
Defined · s 2“strata title plan” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
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