COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 12 · Rental Waiver Due to COVID-19 Event in 2021
Last amended by an amending law of 2021.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Registrar may, for the purposes of deciding whether to appoint a rental waiver assessor to determine an application made under section 100, request the PTO applicant to provide further information within the time specified by the Registrar.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of assessors appointed under section 10(1), and includes any Deputy Registrar of assessors exercising the functions of the Registrar;
The Registrar may reject an application if —
the application is incomplete or otherwise not made in accordance with section 100(2);
the PTO applicant fails to satisfy the Registrar that section 100(4) is complied with;
the PTO applicant fails to comply with the Registrar’s request under subsection (1);
the Registrar reasonably suspects that any information provided by the PTO applicant to the Registrar is false or misleading in a material particular; or
it appears to the Registrar, from the application or any information provided by the PTO applicant, that the application is frivolous or an abuse of process.
Unless the Registrar rejects an application under subsection (2), the Registrar must appoint a rental waiver assessor to determine the application and must serve a notice of the appointment on the PTO applicant and the persons mentioned in section 100(4).
rental waiver assessor
“rental waiver assessor” means a person appointed to the panel of rental waiver assessors under section 89;
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;
Registrar
“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
“rental waiver assessor” means a person appointed to the panel of rental waiver assessors under section 89;