Housing and Development Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Functions, Duties, Properties and Officers of Board
12. Functions and duties of Board
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Subject to the provisions of this Act, the functions and duties of the Board are —
Board
“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3;
to prepare and execute proposals, plans and projects for —
the erection, conversion, improvement and extension of any building for sale, lease, rental or other purpose;
building
“building” includes any house, flat, hut, shed, roofed enclosure or other accommodation, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging gate, post, pillar, paling, frame hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure or foundation connected to the foregoing;
the clearance and redevelopment of slum and urban areas;
the development or redevelopment of areas designated by the Minister;
the development of rural or agricultural areas for the resettlement of persons displaced by operations of the Board or other resettlement projects approved by the Minister;
to manage all lands, houses and buildings or other property vested in or belonging to the Board;
to carry out all investigations and the surveys necessary for the performance of the functions and duties of the Board;
to provide loans, with the Minister’s approval, to enable persons to purchase —
any developed land or any housing accommodation sold under Part 4B; or
developed land
“developed land” means any land of the Board upon which a building has been erected;
any other land belonging to the Board for which planning permission to develop has been obtained under the Planning Act 1998,or any part thereof upon a mortgage of that land;
develop
“develop” means to construct or cause to be constructed any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property, including any building operations in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property;
to provide technical and consultancy services within or outside Singapore, in respect of matters within its expertise acquired in the exercise of its functions under this Act, and to act as an agent for the Government or, with the Minister’s approval, as an agent for another public authority in the provision of such services;
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be conferred on or delegated to the Board by or under the provisions of any written law; and
to do all such other matters and things as are necessary for the exercise or performance of all or any of the functions and duties of the Board.[13