Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
Regulation 10
Authority may require applicant to furnish security
Subregulation 1
For the purpose of ensuring that the works proposed to be carried out on a public street shall be carried out —
to the satisfaction of the Authority; and
in accordance with —
the plans or any amendment thereof as approved by the Authority; and
these Regulations, the Code of Practice and any condition imposed and direction given by the Authority,the Authority may, before granting an application made under regulation 5 or 18(2)(b) , require the applicant or the contractor appointed by the applicant to furnish security in such manner and for such amount as the Authority may specify.
Subregulation 2
If the works in respect of which the application is granted or any part thereof is not carried out to the satisfaction of the Authority or in accordance with the plans or any amendment thereof as approved by the Authority or with these Regulations, the Code of Practice or any condition imposed or direction given by the Authority, the Authority may, at any time after service of a notice in writing on the applicant and on the person who furnished the security under this regulation (if not the applicant) —
carry out or cause to be carried out any necessary remedial works; and
recover out of the security furnished under this regulation the total amount of the costs incurred by the Authority in connection with the remedial works or so much thereof as the security will cover.
Subregulation 3
Where —
the Authority has, pursuant to paragraph (2), recovered any costs from the security furnished under this regulation; and
the works required by the applicant are not yet completed,the Authority may require the applicant or the contractor appointed by the applicant to furnish further security in such manner and for such amount as the Authority may specify.
Subregulation 4
Upon the completion of the works —
where the works have been carried out and the public street reinstated, to the satisfaction of the Authority, the Authority may —
return the whole of the security to the person who furnished it; or
retain, for the duration of the defects liability period, such part of the security as the Authority thinks sufficient to cover the costs of any remedial works which might become necessary and return the balance of the security to the person who furnished it; and
where the works have not been carried out or the public street has not been reinstated, to the satisfaction of the Authority, the Authority may —
carry out or cause to be carried out any necessary remedial works and recover out of the security the total amount of the costs incurred by the Authority in connection with the remedial works or so much thereof as the security will cover; and
retain, for the duration of the defects liability period, such part of the balance of the security, if any, as the Authority thinks sufficient to cover the costs of any remedial works which might become necessary and return the balance of the security to the person who furnished it; or
if it thinks fit return the whole of the balance of the security, if any, to the person who furnished it.