Singapore legislation
Regulation 4A
of Housing and Development (Polling for Upgrading Works) Rules
Regulation 4A
Owners of beneficiary commercial property
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), any person who, immediately before the commencement of a commercial property upgrading poll for commercial property upgrading works in a precinct, is the most recent purchaser, jointly or otherwise —
of a leasehold interest in any beneficiary commercial property that is within the precinct and is sold by the Board; or
under an agreement for a lease in respect of the beneficiary commercial property,is, for the purposes of these Rules, the owner of the beneficiary commercial property and is entitled to be entered in the commercial property upgrading works register as such under rule 3(3A) for those proposed works.
Subregulation 2
Despite paragraph (1), the following persons are not the owner or owners of any beneficiary commercial property within the precinct for the purposes of these Rules and are not entitled to be entered in the commercial property upgrading works register as such under rule 3(3A) for that property:
if that property is purchased by one person (called in this rule the sole purchaser) and the sole purchaser is not a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore corporation — the sole purchaser;
if that property is purchased by 2 or more persons (called in this rule the joint purchasers) and none of the joint purchasers is a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore corporation — the joint purchasers.
Subregulation 3
To avoid doubt, if any one of the most recent joint purchasers of a beneficiary commercial property within the precinct is a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore corporation, all the joint purchasers are, for the purposes of these Rules, the owners of that property and are entitled to be entered into the commercial property upgrading works register as such under rule 3(3A).
Subregulation 4
If the owner of a beneficiary commercial property within the precinct is deceased and representation has been taken out under a will or on the intestacy of the deceased owner before the commencement of the commercial property upgrading poll, the personal representative of the deceased owner is, for the purposes of these Rules, entitled to be entered into the commercial property upgrading register as the owner of that property under rule 3(3A) instead of the deceased owner.
Subregulation 5
If an owner (A) of a beneficiary commercial property is of unsound mind or A or A’s estate is liable to be dealt with in any way under the law relating to mental disorders, A’s committee or any other person who properly has the management of A’s estate is entitled to be entered in the commercial property upgrading works register as the owner of that property under rule 3(3A) instead of A.
Subregulation 6
If, immediately before the commencement of the commercial property upgrading poll, any beneficiary commercial property within the precinct is rented out by the Board, the Board is, for the purposes of these Rules, the owner of that property and is entitled to be entered in the commercial property upgrading works register as such under rule 3(3A).
Subregulation 7
If, immediately before the commencement of the commercial property upgrading poll, any beneficiary commercial property within the precinct is not sold or rented out by the Board, the Board is, for the purposes of these Rules, the owner of that property and is entitled to be entered in the commercial property upgrading works register as such under rule 3(3A).