Regulation 1
Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations.
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Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations
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- Type
- Subsidiary Legislation
- Status
- In force
- Enacted
- 2001
- Sections
- 8
Quick answer
About this subsidiary legislation
Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation PUA-RG7 2001, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2001.
Regulation 2
Application
Amended byS 201/2025 wef 01/04/2025
These Regulations shall apply to water supplied by the Board through the Board’s potable water reticulation system or NEWater reticulation system to any person who undertakes to enter into an agreement with the Board as set out in section 21 of the Act.
Regulation 3
Prices
Amended byS 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022S 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022S 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024S 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024S 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022S 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022
Subregulation 1
Amended byS 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022
The prices to be charged for water shall be in accordance with the tariffs set out in the Schedule.
Subregulation 2
Amended byS 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022
The tariffs set out in the Schedule do not include any GST chargeable on the supply of water by the Board, and the person liable to pay the price of the water supplied must, as part of the price, pay an amount equivalent to the GST chargeable on the supply.
Subregulation 3
Amended byS 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024S 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024S 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022
For the purposes of paragraph (2), the GST chargeable is calculated —
(a)
at the rate prevailing at the time the tax is charged on the supply; and
(b)
on the value of the supply under section 17 of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993 (read with paragraph 12 of the Third Schedule to that Act), being the sum total of the following:
(i)
the price charged for the water supplied under paragraph (1);
(ii)
the waterborne tax payable under the Public Utilities (Waterborne Tax) Order 2024 (G.N. No. S 254/2024) by the person liable to pay the price of the water supplied;
(iii)
the tax chargeable on the water supplied under the Public Utilities (Water Conservation Tax) Order 2024 (G.N. No. S 255/2024).
Subregulation 4
Amended byS 713/2022 wef 01/09/2022
In this regulation, “GST” means the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993.
Regulation 4
Domestic tariffs
Amended byS 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024S 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024
Subregulation 1
Amended byS 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024
Subject to paragraph (2), the domestic tariffs set out in the Schedule shall apply to all water supplied to premises which are used exclusively for residential purposes and such tariffs shall not apply —
(a)
where all or part of the premises is used for the purposes of or in connection with any trade, business or profession; or
(b)
where all or part of the premises is used as a hotel, serviced apartment, boarding house, hostel, school, place of worship or mess.
Subregulation 2
Amended byS 253/2024 wef 01/04/2024
Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), the domestic tariffs set out in the Schedule shall apply to all water supplied to residential premises approved for use as home offices under the Home Office Scheme by the Urban Redevelopment Authority or the Housing and Development Board, or under such other home office scheme as the Board may allow.
Regulation 5
Tariff for shipping
The tariff for shipping set out in the Schedule shall apply to all water supplied to ships and water boats.
Regulation 6
Non-domestic tariffs
Amended byS 201/2025 wef 31/12/2021S 201/2025 wef 31/12/2021S 201/2025 wef 01/04/2025
The non‑domestic tariffs set out in the Schedule shall apply to all water supplied to the following premises:
(a)
where all or part of the premises is registered as a hotel under the Hotels Act 1954;
(b)
where all or part of the premises is licensed as a restaurant under the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
(c)
construction sites including temporary worksites where any kind of road or building construction, reclamation works, site formation, repair, demolition, alteration of or addition to a building or building operation is carried out; or
(d)
premises to which the domestic tariff and the tariff for shipping do not apply.
Regulation 7
Method of charging
Subregulation 1
Where the premises of a consumer in the same localities are supplied with water which are metered separately and the price of water supplied is chargeable in accordance with a particular tariff set out in the Schedule, the Board may, in its discretion, charge the consumer for the water supplied as if it is not metered separately.
Subregulation 2
The amount of water charged to a consumer shall include water wasted by leakage or otherwise.
Regulation 8
Repealed / deleted
[Deleted by S 348/2017 wef 01/07/2017]
Common questions
- What is Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations?
- Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation PUA-RG7 2001, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2001.
- Is Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations still in force?
- Yes — Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations is currently in force.
- When did Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations take effect?
- Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations was first recorded in 2001.
- How many regulations does Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations have?
- Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations contains 8 regulations.
- Where can I read the official version of Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations?
- The official text of Public Utilities (Tariffs for Water) Regulations is published at sso.agc.gov.sg.