Singapore legislation
Regulation 42
Regulation 42
Certificate of statutory completion
Subregulation 1
On completion of any building works, the developer of the building works shall apply to the Commissioner of Building Control for —
a certificate of statutory completion; or (b)a temporary occupation permit.
Subregulation 1A
An application to the Commissioner of Building Control for the expedited processing of an application under paragraph (1)(b) must be accompanied by a fee of —
$500, if the building works are up to 3,000 m2 in area; or
$1,000, if the building works exceed 3,000 m2 in area.
Subregulation 1B
An application to the Commissioner of Building Control (in connection with an application under paragraph (1)(b)) to conduct an expedited inspection of the building or any part of the building in respect of which the building works have been carried out must be accompanied by a fee of $3,000.
Subregulation 1C
To avoid doubt, the fees mentioned in paragraphs (1A) and (1B) are in addition to the fees payable under Parts 2, 3 and 3A of the Second Schedule.
Subregulation 2
The Commissioner of Building Control may issue a certificate of statutory completion in respect of a building or any part thereof in respect of which any building works have been carried out where —
the building works have been completed in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations;
every report and certificate referred to in regulation 23 have been submitted by the appropriate qualified person to the Commissioner of Building Control in accordance with that regulation;
the certificate from the builder referred to in section 11(1)(f) of the Act has been submitted to the Commissioner of Building Control in accordance with that provision;
(ca)if the building works are specialist building works — the certificate from the licensed specialist builder referred to in section 11(2)(aa) of the Act has been submitted to the Commissioner of Building Control in accordance with that provision;
all the written directions given by the Commissioner of Building Control to the appropriate qualified person who prepared the plans of the building works or who supervised the carrying out of the building works or part thereof under section 5(3)(b) of the Act have been complied with;
all the requirements either shown or endorsed on the approved or deemed approved plans have been complied with; (f)the record plans of the detailed structural plans, design calculations and building plans incorporating all the departures or deviations from the approved or deemed approved structural plans, design calculations and building plans have been submitted to the Commissioner of Building Control;
(fa)such of the following clearances, permits, approvals, certificates, notifications or certifications as may be applicable have been submitted to the Commissioner of Building Control:
clearances, permits or approvals under the Fire Safety Act 1993 relating to fire safety from the Commissioner of Civil Defence;
clearances, permits or approvals under the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999 relating to sewerage and drainage from the Public Utilities Board;
clearances, permits, approvals or certifications under the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 from the Director‑General of Environmental Protection;
clearances, permits, approvals or certificates under the Street Works Act 1995, Parking Places Act 1974 and Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022 from the Land Transport Authority of Singapore;
clearances, permits or approvals under the Parks and Trees Act 2005 from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation; (vi)any clearance issued by the Urban Redevelopment Authority confirming that all the conditions of an approval by an authorised officer under section 10(1), 12(1) or 13(1) of the Common Services Tunnels Act 2018 have been complied with;
any notification or certification issued by a market support services licensee that it has checked an electrical installation mentioned in regulation 5(1)(b) of the Electricity (Electrical Installations) Regulations (Rg 5) in accordance with the requirements of the Energy Market Authority of Singapore;
any approval by the Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection of a certificate of works completion under the Infrastructure Protection Act 2017;
any clearance issued by the Urban Redevelopment Authority acknowledging that a declaration has been submitted in accordance with section 24B(4) of the Planning Act 1998; (x)any certification issued by the Director-General of Public Health under Part 5A of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987; and
such other certificate or document as may be required by the Commissioner of Building Control has been submitted.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation —
Definition
“area”, in relation to building works, means —
the area of the storey or storeys in respect of the general building; or
the area of the plan view of the specified building,or both (including, where applicable, any increase thereof) used for calculating the appropriate fee in Part 2, 3 or 3A of the Second Schedule (as the case may be) for the application for approval of the plans for the building works under section 5 or 5A of the Act, or for the lodgment of the plans under section 5AA of the Act;
Definition
“expedited inspection” means an inspection to be conducted within an expedited time after the receipt of an application for such inspection by the Commissioner of Building Control;
Definition
“expedited processing”, in relation to an application, means the provision of a decision on the application within an expedited time after the receipt of the application by the Commissioner of Building Control;
Definition
“expedited time” means such expedited timelines as the Commissioner of Building Control may specify on the Internet website of the Building and Construction Authority at https://www1.bca.gov.sg;
Definition
“general building” and “specified building” have the meanings given by paragraph 1(1) of the Second Schedule.