Housing and Development Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4B · Design-Build-And-Sell Scheme
89. Approved developers to develop and sell housing accommodation
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It is the function and duty of an approved developer —
approved developer
“approved developer” means a developer appointed by the Minister under section 88;
to develop public housing on such parcels of land held under a State lease as the Minister may specify; and
to sell in accordance with this Part a lease of any housing accommodation built or to be built by the approved developer on that land.
An approved developer must not, without first obtaining the Minister’s consent, use any unsold housing accommodation built or to be built by the approved developer under this Part, or any part of such unsold housing accommodation, for a purpose that is not a prescribed purpose.
housing accommodation
“housing accommodation” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is wholly constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or residential use;
An approved developer is exempt from the provisions of —
the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1965 with regard to the form of the contract or agreement for the sale between an approved developer and a purchaser of any housing accommodation; and
Part 4 of the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004,with regard to its carrying out of any development, and to the sale of any housing accommodation it builds, under this Part.[65O