Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Housing and Development (Polling for Upgrading Works) Rules
Regulation 3
Preparation of register of owners
Subregulation 1
As soon as practicable after a precinct has been declared under section 76(1) of the Act, the Board shall prepare a register of owners of flats for that precinct, entering the names and addresses of all persons who —
are owners of flats within that precinct or entitled to have their names entered in the register as owners of such flats; and (b)are not disqualified under rule 5 from voting at the poll relating to that precinct.
Subregulation 2
Where there is any proposal to carry out special upgrading works in a building or for 2 or more buildings within a precinct, the Board shall prepare a special register of owners of beneficiary flats in the building or buildings, as the case may be, in relation to those works, entering the names and addresses of all persons who —
are owners of beneficiary flats in the building or buildings, as the case may be, in relation to those special upgrading works or are entitled to have their names entered in the register as owners of such flats; and (b)are not disqualified under rule 5 from voting at the special poll relating to those special upgrading works.
Subregulation 3
Where there is any proposal to carry out any flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct, the Board shall prepare a flat upgrading works register of owners of flats in the building, entering the names and addresses of all persons who are entitled to have their names entered in the register as owners of such flats and are not disqualified under rule 5 from voting at the flat upgrading poll relating to those flat upgrading works.
Subregulation 3A
If the Board proposes to carry out any commercial property upgrading works within a precinct, the Board must prepare a commercial property upgrading works register of owners of every beneficiary commercial property within the precinct in relation to those proposed works, entering the names and addresses of all persons who —
are entitled under rule 4A to have their names entered in the register as owners of the beneficiary commercial property; and
are not disqualified under rule 5 from voting at the commercial property upgrading poll for those proposed works.
Subregulation 4
The register of owners for a precinct may comprise a series of subsidiary registers of owners of flats comprised in each building within the precinct.
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the Board may combine —
the special register relating to special upgrading works within a precinct with the register of owners for that precinct prepared under paragraph (1); (b)the flat upgrading works register relating to flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct with the register of owners for that precinct prepared under paragraph (1); or (c)the special register relating to special upgrading works within a precinct with the flat upgrading works register relating to flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in that precinct or within any building in that precinct, provided that the combined register shall include appropriate notation to identify the persons entitled to vote in the special poll relating to the special upgrading works or the flat upgrading poll relating to the flat upgrading works, as the case may be.
Subregulation 6
Where the Board has prepared a combined register under paragraph (5), a reference in these Rules to a person’s name appearing or being registered in the special register or the flat upgrading works register shall be read to refer to the person’s name appearing or being registered (as the case may be) in the combined register with the appropriate notation to identify that the person is entitled to vote in the special poll to which the special register relates or the flat upgrading poll to which the flat upgrading works register relates, as the case may be.