Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Fire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire Safety) Regulations
Regulation 3
Application for approval of plans of fire safety works
For the purposes of section 55(1) of the Act, an application for the approval of plans of any fire safety works shall be in such form as the Commissioner may provide and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fees and by the following documents:
the following plans of fire safety works:
building plans (where the fire safety works relate to any building) or relevant pipeline plans (where the fire safety works relate to any relevant pipeline);
air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation plans; and
fire protection plans;
a notification signed by the applicant of the appointment of —
the qualified person who prepared the plans of fire safety works; and
where the plans of fire safety works contain any alternative solution, the fire safety engineer who prepared or supervised the preparation of the plans, and a confirmation of such appointment signed by the qualified person and, where applicable, the fire safety engineer;
the applicable declaration form set out on the website at https://www.scdf.gov.sg;
where the plans of fire safety works contain any alternative solution, the additional following documents:
a fire safety engineering design brief;
a fire safety engineering report, including detailed specifications and drawings of the final design of fire safety works;
an operations and maintenance manual for the building or relevant pipeline, as the case may be, to which the fire safety works relate;
a notification signed by the applicant of the appointment of a peer reviewer and a confirmation of such appointment signed by the peer reviewer; and
a peer reviewer’s report as to whether the alternative solution satisfies the fire performance requirements in the Fire Code; (e)where the plans of fire safety works involve the use of any building materials or equipment not specified in the Fire Code — a description of the nature and type of all the building materials or equipment to be used in the fire safety works;
other documentary evidence in support of any documents in paragraphs (a) to (e), and such other documents as the Commissioner may require to decide the application.