COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 12 · Rental Waiver Due to COVID-19 Event in 2021
90. Lease agreement to which this Part applies
Last amended by an amending law of 2021.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This Part applies to a lease agreement, between a PTO and the PTO’s landlord for a prescribed property, that is in force during the relevant period and —
lease agreement
“lease agreement”, for any property, includes a lease or licence for that property;
is entered into, or renewed, before 20 July 2021; or
is entered into before 20 July 2021, and is renewed (either automatically or in exercise of a right of renewal in the lease agreement) on or after that date.
Where subsection (1) is satisfied in respect of a lease agreement between a PTO and the PTO’s landlord in a PTO chain for a prescribed property, this Part also applies to a lease agreement between a tenant (not being the PTO) and the tenant’s landlord in the PTO chain for the prescribed property.
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;
This Part does not apply to any property owned by the Government.
In this section, “relevant period” means the period starting on 5 August 2021 and ending on 18 August 2021.
relevant period
“relevant period” means the period starting on 1 April 2020 and ending on the prescribed date;
Terms defined in s 19B
landlord
Defined · s 19B“landlord”, for any property, includes a lessor, sub-lessor, licensor or sub-licensor for that property, but excludes a person or class of persons prescribed as not being a landlord or landlords;
lease agreement
Defined · s 19B“lease agreement”, for any property, includes a lease or licence for that property;
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;
relevant period
Defined · s 19B“relevant period” means the period starting on 1 April 2020 and ending on the prescribed date;
tenant
Defined · s 19B“tenant”, for any property, includes a lessee, sub-lessee, licensee or sub-licensee for that property, but excludes a person or class of persons prescribed as not being a tenant or tenants.