COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 12 · Rental Waiver Due to COVID-19 Event in 2021
100. Application for issue of notice of rental waiver
Last amended by an amending law of 2021.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This section applies where —
the lease agreement of a PTO for a prescribed property does not satisfy section 91(2); but(b)the PTO wishes to be issued a notice of rental waiver.
The PTO (called in this Division the PTO applicant) may, before the prescribed date, apply in the prescribed form and manner to the Registrar to appoint a rental waiver assessor to make a determination mentioned in subsection (3).
PTO
“prescribed tenant-occupier” or “PTO” means a tenant of any prescribed property who satisfies the prescribed criteria and who is an occupier of the property;
The determination is that it is just and equitable in the circumstances of the case for a notice of rental waiver to be issued to the PTO applicant even though the lease agreement does not satisfy section 91(2).
notice of rental waiver
“notice of rental waiver” means a notice issued by the Authority under section 92(1);
A copy of the application in subsection (2) must be served within the prescribed time on all the landlords and tenants in the PTO chain for the prescribed property and such other person as may be prescribed.
PTO chain
“PTO chain”, for a PTO of a prescribed property, means a chain of landlords and tenants of that property ending with the PTO;
Terms defined in this Act
lease agreement
Defined · s 19B“lease agreement”, for any property, includes a lease or licence for that property;
notice of rental waiver
Defined · s 86“notice of rental waiver” means a notice issued by the Authority under section 92(1);
prescribed property
Defined · s 19B“prescribed property” means any prescribed non-residential property or any property belonging to a prescribed class of non-residential property, and includes any part of such property;
PTO
Defined · s 19B“prescribed tenant-occupier” or “PTO” means a tenant of any prescribed property who satisfies the prescribed criteria and who is an occupier of the property;
PTO chain
Defined · s 19B“PTO chain”, for a PTO of a prescribed property, means a chain of landlords and tenants of that property ending with the PTO;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of assessors appointed under section 10(1), and includes any Deputy Registrar of assessors exercising the functions of the Registrar;
rental waiver assessor
Defined · s 86“rental waiver assessor” means a person appointed to the panel of rental waiver assessors under section 89;