Singapore legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Certificates or approval required for works
(1)
Every application for a clearance certificate or for the approval of the Board for the purposes of section 11, 14, 23, 24 or 26 must be made in such form and manner as the Board may require.
(2)
There is payable for the processing of every application mentioned in subsection (1) such fees as may be prescribed.
(3)
Every applicant for a clearance certificate or the approval of the Board must submit plans of the works to which the application relates in such form and manner as the Board may require to such filing authority as the Board may designate.
(4)
The Board may require the plans mentioned in subsection (3) —
to be made by any of the following persons as the Board may decide:
a qualified person whose qualifications the Board considers are appropriate to the works to which the application relates;
a licensed plumber; and
to show such details or specifications as the Board may determine.
(5)
Upon receipt of an application mentioned in subsection (1), the Board may —
where it has determined that a clearance certificate is required in respect of the works to which the application relates, issue or refuse to issue a clearance certificate in respect of those works; or
where it has determined that a clearance certificate is not required in respect of any particular works or class of works, grant or refuse to grant its approval in respect of those works.
(6)
The Board may, before issuing a clearance certificate or granting its approval under subsection (5), give a direction in writing to the applicant to comply, within the time specified in the direction, with any requirements that it may specify for the purposes of this Act.
(7)
In issuing a clearance certificate or granting its approval under subsection (5), the Board may impose any conditions that it thinks fit, including a condition that only sanitary appliances, pipes and fittings of a type approved by the Board must be used.
(8)
Any person for whom any works, in respect of which a clearance certificate has been issued under subsection (5), have been carried out and completed must apply in such form and manner as the Board may require for a compliance certificate.
(9)
If, after considering the report and certificate submitted under section 35(1)(e) and (f), the Board is satisfied that the works have been completed in accordance with the plans submitted under subsection (3) and any conditions or requirements imposed by the Board under subsection (7) or (10), it may issue the compliance certificate subject to any conditions that it thinks fit.
(10)
The Board may, before issuing a compliance certificate, give a direction in writing to the applicant to comply, within the time specified in the direction, with any requirements that it may specify for the purposes of this Act.