Regulation 10
Certification of fire safety managers by Commissioner
of Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations
Subregulation 1
No person may carry out any duty of a fire safety manager —
for specified non-complex premises, unless that person is certified by the Commissioner under paragraph (5) or (5A); or
for specified complex premises, unless that person is certified by the Commissioner under paragraph (5A).
Subregulation 2
Any certification as a fire safety manager shall only be valid for the duration of such training cycle as may be specified in the certification.
Subregulation 3
An application to be certified as a fire safety manager must be —
made to the Commissioner in such form and manner as the Commissioner may determine; and
accompanied by such documentary evidence of the applicant’s qualifications or experience as a fire safety manager as the Commissioner may require.
Subregulation 4
[Deleted by S 407/2015 wef 01/07/2015]
Subregulation 5
The Commissioner may, with or without conditions, certify a person as a fire safety manager for specified non-complex premises upon an application under paragraph (3) if that person —
holds such qualification in fire safety which in the opinion of the Commissioner is adequate to enable him to carry out his duties as a fire safety manager for specified non-complex premises; and
is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a fit and proper person to be appointed as a fire safety manager for specified non-complex premises.
Subregulation 5A
The Commissioner may, with or without conditions, certify a person as a fire safety manager for specified complex premises (commonly known as a senior fire safety manager) upon an application under paragraph (3) if that person —
has at least 3 years of working experience as a fire safety manager appointed for specified non-complex premises;
holds such qualification in fire safety which in the opinion of the Commissioner is adequate to enable that person to carry out his duties as a fire safety manager for specified complex premises; and
is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a fit and proper person to be appointed as a fire safety manager for specified complex premises.
Subregulation 6
Subject to paragraph (7), a certified fire safety manager may not continue to be certified as a fire safety manager for any subsequent training cycle unless he has, during the training cycle immediately preceding, obtained the requisite minimum number of points as may be determined by the Commissioner under regulation 11(3).
Subregulation 7
The Commissioner may, upon application by a fire safety manager who has failed to accumulate the requisite minimum number of points as required by paragraph (6), certify him as a fire safety manager for the next training cycle if he gives an undertaking that he will make up for the shortfall in the requisite minimum number of points within such time in that training cycle as the Commissioner may specify.
Subregulation 8
[Deleted by S 771/2020 wef 14/09/2020]
Subregulation 9
Any such number of points obtained by the person under paragraph (7) to make up a shortfall in one training cycle shall be disregarded for the purposes of computing the requisite minimum number of points which he is required to obtain under paragraph (6) for certification as a fire safety manager for the next training cycle.
Subregulation 10
Notwithstanding paragraphs (6) and (7), the Commissioner may, in such special circumstances as he may determine, certify a person to act as a fire safety manager even though the person has failed to obtain the requisite minimum number of points as required by paragraph (6).