Regulation 2

“acceptable solution” means the specifications, design, material or method of installation set out in an Approved Document;

“alternative solution” means a solution that entails the use of any design, material or method of installation that differs completely or partially from those in the acceptable solution;

“applicable standard”, in relation to the design, installation, operation or maintenance, or major alteration or replacement, of a fixed installation, means the applicable standard for the fixed installation specified in an Approved Document for that fixed installation;

“Approved Document” means an Approved Document issued by the Commissioner of Building Control under regulation 5;

“certification body” means an organisation that issues type testing certificates and is on the approved list of certification bodies published on the website of the Building and Construction Authority at https://www1.bca.gov.sg;

“E/E/PE” means a device that —

“fixed installation inspector” means a person who is registered as a fixed installation inspector by the Fixed Installation Inspector Joint Accreditation Committee established by the Building and Construction Authority, the Institution of Engineers Singapore and the Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore;

“fixed installation service contractor” means a person who carries out, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, the examination, inspection and testing, or the maintenance, of fixed installations;

“fixed installation works contractor” means a person who carries out, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, fixed installation works;

“home lift” means a lift, not being common property, installed in a private home solely for the use of its occupants, but does not include a stairlift or vertical platform lift installed in a private home solely for the use of its occupants;

“immaterial change”, in relation to fixed installation works, means any change to the fixed installation works that is not a material change;

“major alteration or replacement works” has the meaning given by regulation 3;

“man machine interface”, for a mechanised car parking system, means all parts of the mechanised car parking system other than a part of the mechanised car parking system that —

“material change”, in relation to fixed installation works, means any change to the fixed installation works that —

“operate”, in relation to a fixed installation, includes allowing or authorising the operation of the fixed installation;

“permit to operate” or “PTO” means a permit issued by the Commissioner of Building Control under regulation 32;

“plan submission QP” means a qualified person who is also a specialist professional engineer appointed under regulation 20(1)(a) or 22(1)(b);

“reportable safety incident” has the meaning given by regulation 4 of the Building Control (Reportable Matters) Regulations 2025 (G.N. No. S 615/2025);

“reportable safety risk” has the meaning given by regulation 5 of the Building Control (Reportable Matters) Regulations 2025;

“specialist professional engineer” means a person who —

“stairlift” means a motorised platform or seat installed in a stairway, which transverses the stairs when activated;

“supervisor QP” means a qualified person who is also a specialist professional engineer appointed under regulation 29(1)(a)(ii);

“transfer area”, in relation to a mechanised car parking system, means the area of the mechanised car parking system where the driver will enter to park or retrieve the driver’s vehicle (including any area for the driver to stand within the man machine interface of the system);

“type testing certificate” means a certificate issued by a certification body stating, for any lift model or safety component of a lift, that the certification body has —

“vertical platform lift” means a vertical lifting platform intended for use by people with impaired mobility, with or without a wheelchair, travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path.