Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Building Control (Fixed Installations) Regulations 2025

Schedule 1

Major alteration and replacement works

FIRST SCHEDULERegulations 3(1), 6(3) and 27(1)Major alteration and replacement worksFirst columnSecond columnThird columnFixed installationWorks for which plans are required to be submittedWorks for which no plans are required to be submitted1.EscalatorAny works to increase the maximum rated speed of an escalator or to change any of the following in relation to an escalator:

(a)

the auxiliary brake;

(b)

the brake system;

(c)

the drive system;

(d)

the step band.Any works to change any of the following in relation to an escalator:

(a)

the balustrade;

(b)

the overspeed and reversal protection means;

(c)

the software in a manner that affects safety functionalities;

(d)

the truss;

(e)

an E/E/PE.2.StairliftAny works to change any of the following in relation to a stairlift:

(a)

the brake system;

(b)

the carriage mass by 5% or more;

(c)

the type of drive system;

(d)

the rated load;

(e)

the rated speed.Any works to change any of the following in relation to a stairlift:

(a)

the overspeed limitation device;

(b)

the software in a manner that affects safety functionalities;

(c)

an E/E/PE.3.Vertical platform liftAny works to add a landing entrance or change any of the following in relation to a vertical platform lift:

(a)

the brake system;

(b)

the platform mass by 5% or more;

(c)

the type of drive system;

(d)

the rated load;

(e)

the rated speed;

(f)

the pit depth;

(g)

the travel distance.Any works to change any of the following in relation to a vertical platform lift:

(a)

the overspeed limitation device;

(b)

the software in a manner that affects safety functionalities;

(c)

an E/E/PE;

(d)

the guiderail size;

(e)

the number, size or type of the hoisting rope;

(f)

the landing door type;

(g)

the landing door locking device.4.A lift that is not a stairlift or a vertical platform liftAny works to increase the available car area, add a car entrance, add a landing entrance or change any of the following in relation to the lift:

(a)

the brake system;

(b)

the car mass by 5% or more;

(c)

the type of drive system;

(d)

the rated load;

(e)

the rated speed;

(f)

the travel distance;

(g)

the ascending car overspeed protection means;

(h)

the buffer;

(i)

the car bottom clearances and overhead clearances;

(j)

the door locking device type;

(k)

the guiderail size;

(l)

the number or size of a hoisting rope;

(m)

the overspeed governor;

(n)

the restrictor or one‑way restrictor;

(o)

the rupture valve;

(p)

an E/E/PE;

(q)

the safety gear;

(r)

the traction sheave;

(s)

the unintended car movement protection means;

(t)

the access to the machinery spaces.Any works to change any of the following in relation to the lift:

(a)

the software in a manner that affects safety functionalities;

(b)

the type of the hoisting rope;

(c)

the landing door type;

(d)

the car door type;

(e)

the compensation system;

(f)

the hydraulic jack;

(g)

the pawl device;

(h)

the pressure relief valve.5.Mechanised car parking systemAny works to change any of the following in relation to the man machine interface of a mechanised car parking system:

(a)

the design of the anti‑fall device;

(b)

the controls of and logic programming that affects the transfer area;

(c)

the position or coverage of the door protective device;

(d)

the emergency door location;

(e)

the rated load;

(f)

the dimension of the transfer area;

(g)

the coverage of any sensor that detects or limits movement within the transfer area;

(h)

the user exit door location;

(i)

the vehicle entrance and exit location.NIL

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