Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Goods and Services Tax (Buildings, Flats and Tenements for Residential Purposes) Order 2010
Regulation 2
Inclusion of buildings, flats and tenements for residential purposes
For the purposes of paragraph 13(1) of the Third Schedule, and paragraph 2(c) of Part 1 and paragraph 3(3)(c) of Part 3 of the Fourth Schedule, to the Act, buildings, flats and tenements used or to be used principally for residential purposes include buildings, flats and tenements approved by the competent authority under the Planning Act 1998 for use as any of the following:
sheltered homes within the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Social Residential Homes Act 2025;
serviced apartments;
students’ hostels;
workers’ dormitories;
welfare homes within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Destitute Persons Act 1989;
homes for families or individuals in crisis.