Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Town Councils (Disbursement of Moneys from Sinking Fund) Financial Rules 2020

Regulation 4

Works for housing estates of Board

Amended byS 929/2021 wef 01/01/2022S 929/2021 wef 01/01/2022S 929/2021 wef 01/01/2022

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 929/2021 wef 01/01/2022S 929/2021 wef 01/01/2022

For the purposes of section 33(6)(a)(v) of the Act, a Town Council may disburse moneys from any of its ordinary sinking funds to meet expenses or liabilities properly attributable to that sinking fund in respect of any of the following works carried out or to be carried out for the benefit of residents in the housing estates of the Board within the Town which the Town Council manages and maintains:

(a)

installation of any sensor and starter controller to the time‑controlled booster pumping system;

(b)

special upgrading works carried out by the Board under Part IVA of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) other than work necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift within or in relation to any building or part of a building;

(c)

repairs to the external finishes and cladding of any external wall of any building managed and maintained by the Town Council, in order to prevent or remove any actual or likely danger to life or property;

(ca)the inspection, as required under the Building Control Act 1989, of the façade of any building managed and maintained by the Town Council to identify —

(i)

any part of the façade that may be subject to excessive erosion, corrosion, wear, fatigue, stress or strain; or

(ii)

any other situation or circumstance,that may give rise to a probability of the occurrence or potential occurrence of the collapse (wholly or partly) of the façade and death or injury to individuals, or damage to other property, within or outside the building;

(d)

replacement of any alarm system installed in any residential property comprising wholly or in part of studio apartments, and which is intended for use by any resident living in a studio apartment to request for emergency or special assistance;

(e)

replacement of —

(i)

any standby generator set, fire control panel, fire pump, pressure tank or heat detector of any firefighting and protection system installed in any commercial property, where the works for the replacement start on or after 11 April 2014 and before 20 February 2020; or

(ii)

any fire alarm panel, fire pump control panel, fire pump, pressure tank or fire detector of any firefighting and protection system installed in any residential or commercial property, where the works for the replacement start on or after 20 February 2020;

(f)

replacement of any solenoid‑operated valve with a pilot mechanism in any potable water storage tank on the common property of any residential or commercial property, where the works for the replacement start on or after 20 February 2020;

(g)

construction of any new lift opening together with lift landing (where necessary to access to or exit from the new lift opening) for any existing lift;

(h)

replacement of any of the following:

(i)

any automatic refuse chute flushing system;

(ii)

any control panel of any automatic refuse chute flushing system;

(iii)

any refuse handling equipment of any centralised refuse chute system;

(iv)

any pneumatic waste conveyance system;

(v)

any part or component of any pneumatic waste conveyance system;

(i)

the installation (to be completed not later than 31 March 2025) of —

(i)

a metal railing;

(ii)

a stainless steel anchor post; or

(iii)

a stainless steel anchor bolt,to eliminate or reduce the risk of an individual falling from the roof of any residential property with a roof fascia wall of not more than 900 millimetres;

(j)

the replacement of any lamp post on the common property of any residential or commercial property, where the works for the replacement start on or after 20 February 2020.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 929/2021 wef 01/01/2022

To avoid doubt, a Town Council may disburse moneys from any of its ordinary sinking funds pursuant to section 33(6)(a)(iii) of the Act to meet expenses or liabilities properly attributable to that sinking fund in respect of —

(a)

the replacement of any escalator installed in any residential or commercial property in the housing estates of the Board within the Town which the Town Council manages and maintains; or

(b)

the replacement of any chain roller, handrail, handrail roller, step chain or step roller of any escalator mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).