Singapore legislation
Regulation 37
Regulation 37
Duties of fixed installation service contractors
Subregulation 1
A fixed installation service contractor appointed to maintain a fixed installation must, during the term of the appointment —
when requested to do so by the Commissioner of Building Control, submit an investigation report on any breakdown of the fixed installation;
notify the owner of the fixed installation and the Commissioner of Building Control if the fixed installation service contractor, while carrying out the fixed installation service contractor’s duties, finds the fixed installation to be unsafe for operation;
ensure that any works to be performed on the fixed installation do not make it unsafe for operation;
notify the Commissioner of Building Control of any contravention of these Regulations relating to the fixed installation of which the fixed installation service contractor knows or ought reasonably to know;
when the fixed installation is not operational as the fixed installation is maintained or about to be maintained —
where the fixed installation is the man machine interface of a mechanised car parking system — put in place adequate measures to prevent the public from accessing the man machine interface of the mechanised car parking system; or
in any other case — put in place adequate barriers and barricades with warning signs around the fixed installation; (f)ensure that any individual maintaining an escalator or a lift under the fixed installation service contractor’s direction —
possesses such qualification and meets such requirement that show the individual can competently maintain the escalator or lift; or
is supervised by a supervisor (if the Commissioner of Building Control does not specify any number) or such number of supervisors as the Commissioner of Building Control may specify for that type of escalator or lift; and
ensure each supervisor mentioned in sub‑paragraph (f)(ii) possesses such qualification and meets such requirement that show the supervisor can competently supervise the maintenance of an escalator or lift by an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (f).
Subregulation 2
If any agreement to maintain a fixed installation which a fixed installation service contractor is a party ceases, the fixed installation service contractor must, within 7 days after the cessation —
notify the Commissioner of Building Control of the cessation; and
transfer the following documents to the owner of the fixed installation:
any maintenance record (including any certificate signed by a specialist professional engineer and any other documents accompanying the maintenance record) in connection with any fixed installation under the agreement;
any document transferred to the fixed installation service contractor under regulation 34(1)(d);
any document setting out the Commissioner of Building Control’s acceptance of an alternative maintenance outcome under regulation 39(3);
any document setting out the Commissioner of Building Control’s modification or waiver of any requirement of the building regulations under regulation 45;
any original equipment manufacturer maintenance and operational manual for the fixed installation.
Subregulation 3
Any fixed installation service contractor who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.