Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
of Building Control (Environmental Sustainability) Regulations 2008
Regulation 8
Deviation from approved building plans
Where the plans of any building works or proposed building works that is subject to a minimum ES score have been approved by the Commissioner of Building Control under section 5(3)(a) of the Act and the developer of the building works who intends to depart or deviate from the plans approved —
the qualified person appointed under section 8(1)(a) or 11(1)(d)(i) of the Act in respect of those building works must ensure that the building works (with such departure and deviation) are still designed with physical features or amenities, and may be carried out using methods and materials, so that the total (using the scoring methodology specified in the Code) of all numerical scores assigned by every appropriate practitioner who assesses the building works or part thereof is not less than the minimum ES score applicable to those building works; but(b)the developer need not submit to the Commissioner of Building Control the total of all numerical scores assigned by the appropriate practitioners who assessed the building works or part thereof.