Regulation 7
Reporting
of Building Control (Reportable Matters) Regulations 2025
Subregulation 1
A report about a reportable matter that is required by section 25B(1) of the Act to be notified to the Commissioner must be made either —
orally in the English language and by telephone using a telephone number specified by the Commissioner for the reporting of reportable matters; or
in writing, which must be —
in the appropriate form;
completed in the English language and in accordance with any direction specified in the appropriate form; and
given to the Commissioner in a manner described in paragraph (3).
Subregulation 2
However, where strict compliance with an appropriate form is not possible, the Commissioner may allow for the necessary modifications to be made to that form, or for the requirements of that form to be complied with in any other manner.
Subregulation 3
A report in writing about a reportable matter may be given to the Commissioner as follows:
by sending it by email to the electronic address specified by the Commissioner for the reporting of reportable matters;
by using the electronic system provided by the Commissioner for the reporting of reportable matters.
Subregulation 4
Every report must include all the following information:
the name of the reporter making the report;
at least one of the following:
the reporter’s postal address;
the reporter’s email address;
the reporter’s telephone number;
a description of the reportable matter as provided in paragraph (5) or (6).
Subregulation 5
Where the reportable matter is a reportable safety incident, the report must contain the following information:
the address of the building where the incident happened;
the date and approximate time when the incident happened;
the nature and description of the incident;
the type of the fixed installation or exterior feature involved in the incident and its location in the building;
every fatality, injury or property damaged as a result of the incident.
Subregulation 6
If the reportable matter is a reportable safety risk, the report must contain the following information:
the building product involved;
the address of the building where the building product is used;
the location of the building product in the building;
the addresses of any other buildings which the reporter is aware that other building products similar to the building product giving rise to the safety risk may be used, and the type and name of these other building products;
the risk associated with the building product when using in fixed installations or exterior features in Singapore.