Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Town Councils (Exclusion of Property from Definition of Common Property) Rules 2017

Regulation 2

Definitions

Amended byS 702/2024 wef 31/12/2021S 702/2024 wef 16/09/2024S 702/2024 wef 16/09/2024S 702/2024 wef 31/12/2021S 702/2024 wef 31/12/2021

In these Rules —“building” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989, and any reference to a building includes a reference to a part of a building;“communal space”, for a building comprising Community Care Apartments, means any space in the building that is demarcated by the Board for communal use;“Community Care Apartments” means the category of flats sold subject to Part 4 of the Housing and Development Act 1959 with the provision of care services and social activities to residents of each flat;“housing estate under construction” means any land vested in or held in trust for the Board —

(a)

that is the subject of an approval under section 5 of the Building Control Act 1989 for the plans of the building works carried out on the land; and

(b)

in respect of which no temporary occupation permit has been issued for any building where building works have been carried out under the approval;“open space” means any area that is not in, on or part of a building;“temporary occupation permit”, in respect of a building or part of a building in a housing estate, means —

(a)

a temporary occupation permit granted under the Building Control Act 1989 for the building or part of the building; or

(b)

a certificate of statutory completion granted under that Act for that building or part of that building where no temporary occupation permit is so granted.

Definition

“building” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989, and any reference to a building includes a reference to a part of a building;

Amended byS 702/2024 wef 31/12/2021

Definition

“communal space”, for a building comprising Community Care Apartments, means any space in the building that is demarcated by the Board for communal use;

Amended byS 702/2024 wef 16/09/2024

Definition

“Community Care Apartments” means the category of flats sold subject to Part 4 of the Housing and Development Act 1959 with the provision of care services and social activities to residents of each flat;

Amended byS 702/2024 wef 16/09/2024

Definition

“housing estate under construction” means any land vested in or held in trust for the Board —

(a)

that is the subject of an approval under section 5 of the Building Control Act 1989 for the plans of the building works carried out on the land; and

(b)

in respect of which no temporary occupation permit has been issued for any building where building works have been carried out under the approval;

Amended byS 702/2024 wef 31/12/2021

Definition

“open space” means any area that is not in, on or part of a building;

Definition

“temporary occupation permit”, in respect of a building or part of a building in a housing estate, means —

(a)

a temporary occupation permit granted under the Building Control Act 1989 for the building or part of the building; or

(b)

a certificate of statutory completion granted under that Act for that building or part of that building where no temporary occupation permit is so granted.

Amended byS 702/2024 wef 31/12/2021