Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
This Order is the Fire Safety (Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026 — Exemption) Order 2026 and comes into operation on 25 May 2026.
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Fire Safety (Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026 — Exemption) Order 2026 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation S302 2026, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2026.
Citation and commencement
This Order is the Fire Safety (Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026 — Exemption) Order 2026 and comes into operation on 25 May 2026.
Definitions
In this Order —“event organiser” means the company known as Singapore GP Pte. Ltd. (UEN 200707649N);“relevant building” means any temporary building that is built or erected by the event organiser for the purpose of the specified event;“specified event” means the event known as the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026 scheduled to take place in Singapore between 9 October 2026 and 11 October 2026 (both dates inclusive), and includes any meetings and social events held in connection with the event;“specified fire safety works” means the fire safety works that are carried out in respect of a relevant building;“temporary building” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989.
“event organiser” means the company known as Singapore GP Pte. Ltd. (UEN 200707649N);
“relevant building” means any temporary building that is built or erected by the event organiser for the purpose of the specified event;
“specified event” means the event known as the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026 scheduled to take place in Singapore between 9 October 2026 and 11 October 2026 (both dates inclusive), and includes any meetings and social events held in connection with the event;
“specified fire safety works” means the fire safety works that are carried out in respect of a relevant building;
“temporary building” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989.
Exemptions
The following persons are exempt from section 35 of the Act in respect of any relevant building:
any person who occupies or uses the relevant building for the specified event;
the event organiser, in relation to permitting the occupation or use of the relevant building for the specified event.
The event organiser is exempt from sections 55 to 58 and 60 of the Act in respect of any specified fire safety works.
The event organiser is exempt from the following provisions in respect of the relevant building:
regulation 5 of the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations (Rg 3) in respect of the duties that the fire safety manager is exempt from under sub‑paragraph (4);
regulation 3(d) of the Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations (Rg 4).
The fire safety manager appointed in respect of any relevant building under section 38 of the Act (read with paragraph 2(1) of the Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S 768/2020)) is exempt from having to carry out the duties mentioned in regulations 7(1)(ea), (k) and (n) and (2)(a)(i) and 8(1) of the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations.
The Company Emergency Response Team established in respect of any relevant building under section 38 of the Act (read with paragraph 2(1) of the Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2020) is exempt from regulation 4(c) of the Fire Safety (Company Emergency Response Team) Regulations 2013 (G.N. No. S 540/2013).
Conditions of exemption
The exemptions under paragraph 3 are subject to the conditions specified in the Schedule.
Cessation of exemption
The exemptions under paragraph 3 cease on the earlier of the following dates:
10 November 2026;
the date that any condition specified in the Schedule ceases to be complied with.
THE SCHEDULE
Paragraphs 4 and 5(b)
CONDITIONS OF EXEMPTION
Definitions
1.—
In this Schedule —
“CERT” means a Company Emergency Response Team required to be
established under section 38 of the Act;
“Enterprise Singapore Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board
established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018;
“excluded provisions” means the following provisions of the Fire Code:
clauses 2.2.13, 2.3.3a.
and (3) and b.
(b) and (3), 2.4, 3.2.1,
3.3.2,
3.7.1,
3.15.12,
4.2.2a.
,
6.2.1a.
,
6.2.8a.
,
6.3.1a.
, 6.4.1a., 6.6.6a., b., c. and e., 7.4.1a.
, 8.2.1, 8.2.2
and 8.2.4 of the Fire Code;
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clause 5.2.2 of the Fire Code in respect of any cable that is used
for installing or operating any manual alarm system at the
relevant building;
“fire safety report”, in relation to the relevant building, means a document
that sets out the fire protection system that is provided at, and the life
safety features and fire safety measures of, the relevant building;
“freight container” means an article or a transport equipment designed to
facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport without
intermediate reloading of the contents;
“HFAD” means a home fire alarm device;
“manual alarm call point” means a component of a fire detection and alarm
system that is used to manually initiate the alarm;
“manual alarm system” means an alarm system that raises an alarm in the
event of a fire incident by a manual alarm call point;
“SS 532” means the code of practice for the storage of flammable liquids that
is issued by the Enterprise Singapore Board;
“SS 575” means the code of practice for fire hydrants, rising mains and hose
reel systems that is issued by the Enterprise Singapore Board;
“SS 645” means the code of practice for the installation and servicing of
electrical fire alarm systems that is issued by the Enterprise Singapore
Board.
For the purposes of this Schedule, a reference to a provision in the Fire Code
is a reference to the Fire Code as published by the Commissioner on the website
maintained by the Force as at 3 September 2025.
Relevant building must not be used for accommodation
2. The relevant building must not be used as a place of residence or to otherwise
provide accommodation, whether temporary or otherwise.
Preparations of plans of specified fire safety works
3.—
The event organiser must ensure that the plans for the specified fire
safety works are prepared in accordance with this paragraph.
Where the plans of the specified fire safety works, or any part of the plans,
contain any alternative solution, the event organiser must appoint —
an appropriate qualified person who is a fire safety engineer to prepare
the plans, or that part of the plans, containing the alternative solution,
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or a fire safety engineer to supervise a qualified person to prepare the
plans, or that part of the plans; and
another fire safety engineer as a peer reviewer to review and assess
whether the alternative solution satisfies the fire performance
requirements in the Fire Code (other than the excluded provisions)
and this Schedule.
Where the plans of the specified fire safety works, or any part of the plans, do
not contain any alternative solution, the event organiser must appoint an
appropriate qualified person to prepare the plans of the specified fire safety works.
Supervision of carrying out of specified fire safety works
4.—
The event organiser must ensure that the specified fire safety works are
carried out in accordance with this paragraph.
Where the plans of the specified fire safety works, or any part of the plans,
contain any alternative solution, the event organiser must appoint —
the same qualified person who prepared those plans to supervise the
carrying out of the specified fire safety works, including the alternative
solution; and
the same fire safety engineer who prepared or supervised the
preparation (as the case may be) of the plans, or that part of the
plans, containing the alternative solution, to supervise the carrying out
of the specified fire safety works, or the part of those works, containing
the alternative solution.
Where the plans of the specified fire safety works do not contain any
alternative solution, the event organiser must appoint the same qualified person
who prepared the plans of the specified fire safety works to supervise those works.
Where the specified fire safety works involve the installation of a regulated
fire safety product, the event organiser must appoint an appropriate qualified
person to supervise the installation of the regulated fire safety product.
The event organiser must take all reasonable steps to ensure that if any
qualified person or fire safety engineer appointed under sub‑paragraph (2), (3), (4)
or (6) becomes unwilling or unable, whether by reason of the termination of his or
her appointment or for any other reason, to supervise the carrying out of any part
of the specified fire safety works, the qualified person or fire safety engineer must
notify the Commissioner and the event organiser of the fact within 14 days after
his or her ceasing to supervise the carrying out of those works.
On the event organiser becoming aware of a qualified person or fire safety
engineer appointed under this sub‑paragraph or sub‑paragraph (2), (3) or (4)
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ceasing to supervise the carrying out of any part of the specified fire safety works,
the event organiser must cease or cause to be ceased, and must not commence or
cause to be commenced, the carrying out of those works until the event organiser
has appointed another appropriate qualified person or fire safety engineer in
respect of those works.
Where the event organiser appoints another appropriate qualified person or
fire safety engineer under sub‑paragraph (6), the event organiser must, within
7 days after the appointment, notify the Commissioner of the appointment.
The event organiser must take all reasonable steps to ensure that every
qualified person or fire safety engineer appointed under sub‑paragraph (2), (3), (4)
or (6) to supervise the specified fire safety works —
takes all reasonable steps and exercises due diligence in supervising
and inspecting the specified fire safety works to ensure that those
works are being carried out in accordance with the Fire Code (except
the excluded provisions) and this Schedule; and
notifies the Commissioner of any non‑compliance with the Fire Code
(except the excluded provisions) or this Schedule in connection with
the specified fire safety works.
The event organiser must not commence or carry out any specified fire safety
works except under the supervision of an appropriate qualified person or fire
safety engineer appointed under sub‑paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (6), as the case may
be.
Maximum travel distance to exit relevant building
5.—
If only one exit is accessible to an individual who is at a location in the
relevant building (called location A), the maximum travel distance from
location A to the edge of the door or opening that opens directly to that exit
must not exceed 20 metres.
If —
2 or more exits are accessible to an individual at a location in the
relevant building (called location B); and
the distance between the 2 exits or, where more than 2 exits are
accessible to the individual at location B, the 2 exits that are furthest
apart, does not satisfy the requirements specified in clause 2.3.12b. of
the Fire Code,
the maximum travel distance from location B to the edge of the door or opening
that opens directly to the exit that is nearest to location B must not exceed
20 metres.
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If —
2 or more exits are accessible to an individual at a location in the
relevant building (called location C); and
the distance between the 2 exits or, where more than 2 exits are
accessible to the individual at location C, the 2 exits that are furthest
apart, satisfies the requirements specified in clause 2.3.12b. of the Fire
Code,
the maximum travel distance from location C to the edge of the door or opening
that opens directly to the exit that is nearest to location C must not exceed
50 metres.
In this paragraph, “exit” means any of the following:
an exit staircase;
an exit passageway;
any external space.
Maximum floor area of each storey of relevant building
6. Where the floor area of a storey of the relevant building exceeds 9,000 square
metres or the cubical extent of that storey exceeds 45,000 cubic metres, the storey
must be divided into compartments by means of compartment walls and
compartment floors so that —
the maximum floor area of each compartment must be 9,000 square
metres or less; and
the
maximum
cubical
extent
of
each
compartment
must
be
45,000 cubic metres or less.
Fire engine access road
7.—
There must be a fire engine access road that —
is along at least three‑quarters of the longest façade of the relevant
building;
has a clear width of at least 4 metres; and
is open to the sky.
Every part of the fire engine access road must be within an unobstructed
distance of 75 metres or less from a fire hydrant.
The flow rate and pressure requirements for the fire hydrant mentioned in
sub‑paragraph (2) must comply with clause 4.4.2a.
(c) of the Fire Code.
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Home fire alarm device (HFAD)
8.—
An adequate number of HFADs must be installed in the relevant
building so as to ensure that any individual at the relevant building would be
alerted of any possible threat of fire at the relevant building in a timely manner.
Where 2 or more HFADs are installed in the relevant building, each HFAD
must —
comply with the requirements mentioned in clause 6.3.6a.
to (7) and
of the Fire Code; and
be spaced and located in accordance with clause 5.8.3 of SS 645,
except that every reference to a smoke detector in that clause is read as
a reference to the HFAD.
Subject to sub‑paragraph (4), all the HFADs in the relevant building must be
interconnected such that when one of the HFADs is triggered, all connected
HFADs should sound an alarm simultaneously.
If the relevant building comprises 2 storeys, the event organiser may, in lieu
of complying with the requirement in sub‑paragraph (3), ensure that all the
HFADs that are installed on each storey of the relevant building are interconnected
such that when one of the HFADs is triggered, all connected HFADs on that storey
should sound an alarm simultaneously.
Hose reels
9.—
An adequate number of hose reels must be installed in every storey of
the relevant building so as to ensure the effective management of any threat of fire
at any part of the relevant building.
Without limiting sub‑paragraph (1), every hose reel installed in the relevant
building must comply with the requirements specified in SS 575 in respect of the
following matters:
the hose reel (including the coverage, flow rate and minimum running
pressure of the hose reel);
the siting for the hose reel;
the installation of the hose reel.
Public address system
10. A public address system must be provided at the relevant building by
installing loudspeakers in every lift lobby, staircase enclosure and other strategic
positions within audible distance of all parts of all storeys of the relevant building.
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Storage of petroleum and flammable materials
11.—
Petroleum or flammable material must not be stored inside the relevant
building, unless the storage constitutes a minor storage of petroleum or flammable
liquids in accordance with SS 532.
Petroleum or flammable material that is stored in a freight container must
comply with the following requirements:
in respect of the requirements specified in SS 532 —
separation distances or the use of fire walls in lieu of separation
distances;
spillage control; and
control of access;
the freight container does not exceed a height of 2.4 metres, a width of
2.35 metres and a length of 5.9 metres;
the freight container must not be stacked on top of another freight
container;
the total amount of petroleum or flammable material stored in the
freight container must not exceed 4,000 litres;
any petroleum or flammable material that is stored in a freight
container must be stored in metal drums, where —
each metal drum does not exceed a capacity of 200 litres; and
the stacking height of the metal drums does not exceed
3.6 metres;
the freight container must be equipped with the following:
a gas detector system with an alarm sounder;
a HFAD with an alarm sounder;
a lightning arrestor;
a spill containment kit;
electrical fittings within the freight container must be incapable of
triggering combustion or igniting any gases or fuels within an
explosive environment.
The event organiser must have a valid licence to store or keep petroleum or
flammable material or both (as the case may be), if that person —
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stores or keeps any Class O petroleum for any purpose specified in the
first column of item 1(b) or (c) (as the case may be) of the
First Schedule to the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable
Materials — Exemption) Order (O 4) exceeding the quantity
specified in the second column of item 1(b) or (c) (as the case may
be) of that Schedule;
stores or keeps any Class I petroleum for any purpose specified in the
first column of item 2(a) of the First Schedule to the Fire Safety
(Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order exceeding
the quantity specified in the second column of item 2(a) of that
Schedule;
stores or keeps any Class II petroleum for any purpose specified in the
first column of item 2(a) of the First Schedule to the Fire Safety
(Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order exceeding
the quantity specified in the third column of item 2(a) of that Schedule;
stores or keeps any Class III petroleum for any purpose specified in the
first column of item 2(a) of the First Schedule to the Fire Safety
(Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order exceeding
the quantity specified in the fourth column of item 2(a) of that
Schedule;
stores or keeps any flammable material specified in the first column of
the Second Schedule to the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable
Materials — Exemption) Order exceeding the quantity specified in
respect of that flammable material in the second column of that
Schedule; or
stores or keeps any flammable material of any quantity which —
is listed in the Fourth Schedule to the Fire Safety (Petroleum
and Flammable Materials) Regulations (Rg 7); and
is not specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to
the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials —
Exemption) Order.
In this paragraph, “Class O petroleum”, “Class I petroleum”, “Class II
petroleum” and “Class III petroleum” have the meanings given by regulation 2(1)
of the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations.
Fire safety report
12. The event organiser must submit a fire safety report for the relevant building
that is prepared in compliance with the requirements in Appendix 1 of the Fire
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Code to the Commissioner, at least 4 weeks (or 2 weeks if the Commissioner is
satisfied that there is good reason for the delay) before the commencement of the
specified event.
Other conditions
13.—
Copies of a fire escape plan must be displayed at all common lobbies or
lift lobbies of the relevant building in such a manner that they can be clearly seen
by any individual passing through these common areas.
The fire escape plan mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) must —
contain all information that is necessary for the management and
resolution of any threat of fire and evacuation purposes and be legible;
and
without limiting sub‑paragraph (a), contain the following information:
the layout of every storey, and escape route (which must be
highlighted), of the relevant building in the correct orientation
in relation to the viewer’s location;
the escape corridors and exit staircases of the relevant building,
which must be marked out using appropriate colours,
directional signs and words;
the locations of fire lifts, evacuation lifts, hose reels, fire
extinguishers, manual alarm call points and rising mains in the
relevant building.
The event organiser must take all reasonable steps to ensure that —
at all times when the relevant building is accessible by any individual
(other than an individual who is engaged or employed by the event
organiser to be at the relevant building), the CERT is on‑site at the
relevant building; and
the CERT is capable of attending to the site at the relevant building
where a threat of fire or emergency is present within one minute after
alert of the threat is sounded, whether via any HFAD or manual alarm
call point.
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Made on 5 May 2026.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[112/2/030; AG/LEGIS/SL/109A/2025/1]
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