Singapore legislation
Section 113
Section 113
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act as the Minister considers necessary and for any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed and, in particular, the Minister may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters:
the establishment, registration and regulation of fire safety managers and Company Emergency Response Teams in any premises or any class of premises as may be prescribed by the Minister, and the requirement for such persons to be provided with fire safety equipment as may be prescribed or to undergo such training or assessment and satisfy such standards as the Commissioner may specify;
the control of the sale, supply, installation, repair, maintenance and inspection of fire safety works;
the licensing of persons who carry on the trade or business of supplying, selling, maintaining, repairing or inspecting fire safety works;
the prescribing of the type of fire safety measures to be installed in any premises;
the prescribing of the requirements of an Emergency Response Plan required under this Act;
the time and manner of making an application for a fire certificate under section 35, and the circumstances in which the Commissioner may revoke a fire certificate;
the duties of persons granted licences under section 50;
the control, regulation and supervision by registration, licensing, inspection or otherwise of places to which the public has access;
the submission of plans and specifications of fire safety works, the authorisation of persons qualified to submit the same and their duties and responsibilities and the nature or classifications of plans or specifications which each such person may submit;
the time and manner of making an application for temporary fire permits and fire safety certificate;
the time and manner of making an application for the change of use of premises;
the duties of accredited certification bodies in relation to the certification of regulated fire safety products;
the duties of a local representative appointed by a foreign person to whom a certificate of conformity is issued;
the duties of a person to whom a certificate of conformity is issued;
the prescribing of the type of tests to be applied to any petroleum or flammable material to ascertain its flashpoint and the methods of applying the same;
the determining of the standard of any class of petroleum;
the licensing and management of relevant pipelines and places for storing any class of petroleum or any flammable material, including requirements to establish Company Emergency Response Teams and to prepare Emergency Response Plans for such Company Emergency Response Teams to undergo such training or assessment and satisfy such standards as the Commissioner may specify;
the prescribing of the quantities of any class of petroleum or any flammable material that may be stored in any licensed premises and the method in which it is to be stored including the maximum quantity of any class of petroleum or any flammable material that can be stored without a licence for residential, commercial or industrial use;
the regulation of the dispensing of any class of petroleum or any flammable material;
the regulation of the conveyance of any class of petroleum or any flammable material by a relevant pipeline;
the regulation of the transport of any class of petroleum or any flammable material, including specifying the time during which such petroleum or flammable material can be transported and the maximum quantity of any class of petroleum or any flammable material that can be transported without a licence or permit;
the determining of the quantity of and the receptacles in which any class of petroleum or any flammable material may be carried in any vehicle;
the prescribing of the standard and specification for the construction of any premises in which any class of petroleum or any flammable material is to be stored;
the prescribing of the types and standards of materials and appliances to be used for preventing or extinguishing fire in any licensed premises;
the provisions for the protection of premises adjacent to licensed premises;
the requiring of any receptacle containing petroleum or flammable material to carry warning labels and to denote the class of petroleum or the flammable material contained therein;
(za)the regulation of the import, storage, transport, distribution, maintenance and disposal of cylinders used to contain any class of petroleum or flammable material, including requirements to store different brands of cylinders at different licensed premises and for labelling and colour-coding of cylinders;
(zb)the prescribing of fees and charges for the purposes of this Act;
(zc)the prescribing of conditions to be attached to any licence or permit, including the requirement for licensees to impose specified contractual terms on other parties to enable the licensee to maintain fire safety in its operations, and the requirements and conditions to be observed by persons at the premises or driving any vehicle to which the licence or permit relates;
(zd)the regulation, control and licensing of persons and organisations engaged in the business of petroleum or flammable material distribution;
(ze)the requirement for security to be given by any class of licensees to ensure compliance with this Act;
(zf)the prescribing of forms for licences and permits and for other purposes for use in connection with this Act;
(zg)the duties and responsibilities of registered inspectors and fire safety engineers and the manner in which those duties and responsibilities are to be discharged, including a code of conduct and ethics for registered inspectors and fire safety engineers;
(zh)the prescribing of the procedure of the Appeal Advisory Board;
(zi)the regulation of the proceedings of any Inquiry Committee constituted under section 9 or section 44;
(zj)the prescribing of the procedure of or any other matter relating to an appeal to the Minister;
(zk)the prescribing of a right to appeal to the Minister against a decision made under the regulations;
(zl)the prescribing of any matter which is required for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
The Minister may, in making any regulations under subsection (1), provide that any contravention or failure to comply with any of the provisions of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or with both.[61