Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
42AA. Use of electronic service for making applications, etc.
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Commissioner of Building Control may permit an application to or a lodgment with him or her under this Act to be made through an electronic service that is —
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;
administered by a public authority to facilitate the sending of documents under this Act and any other written law in connection with building works; and
prescribed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Where a person uses the electronic service mentioned in subsection (1) to make an application to or a lodgment with the Commissioner of Building Control, the Commissioner of Building Control may serve on the person any acknowledgment, approval, certificate, direction, notice, permit or other document in connection with the application or lodgment, by sending it to the person’s account with the electronic service.
lodgment
“lodgment” means a lodgment of plans with the Commissioner of Building Control for the purpose of section 5AA;
Service of a document on a person under subsection (2) takes effect at the time when an electronic record of the document reaches the person’s account with the electronic service.
This section applies despite anything to the contrary in this Act.
In this section, “electronic record” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010.
Terms defined in this Act
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;
lodgment
Defined · s 2“lodgment” means a lodgment of plans with the Commissioner of Building Control for the purpose of section 5AA;
prescribed
Defined · s 29A“prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations made under section 29L.