Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Building Maintenance (Strata Management) Regulations 2005
Regulation 17
Commissioner’s approval to levy additional contributions
Subregulation 1
Every application to the Commissioner for his approval under section 41(4) of the Act authorising a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation to levy additional contributions on the subsidiary proprietor of any lot of that management corporation or subsidiary management corporation shall —
be in Form 3 in the First Schedule;
be accompanied by an application fee of $1,000;
be made by or on behalf of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation concerned;
be accompanied by one of the following documents, whichever is relevant to the application:
a copy of the strata title plan for redevelopment referred to in section 12 of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158), illustrating the subdivision altering the boundaries of one or more lots;
a copy of the approval from the competent authority under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) for any change of use in respect of the lot;
a copy of the 90% resolution passed by the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, authorising the subsidiary proprietor to effect any improvement in or upon his lot referred to in section 37 of the Act; and
be accompanied by a computation of additional contributions and its justification.
Subregulation 2
Notice of an application to the Commissioner for his approval under section 41(4) of the Act authorising a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation to levy additional contributions on the subsidiary proprietor of any lot of that management corporation or subsidiary management corporation shall —
be in Form 4 in the First Schedule; and
be served, within 7 days after receiving a direction from the Commissioner to do so, on the subsidiary proprietor of the lot by the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, making the application, at its own expense.
Subregulation 3
After every notice of an application is served in accordance with paragraph (2), the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation concerned, as the case may be, shall file with the Commissioner a statutory declaration made by its representatives appointed under paragraph (5) stating the date on which the notice of the application was served.
Subregulation 4
Any person on whom the notice of an application is served in accordance with paragraph (2) may, within 21 days of the date of the notice served or such further period as the Commissioner may allow —
file an objection with the Commissioner stating the grounds for the objection; and
serve a copy of the objection by registered post on the representatives appointed under paragraph (5) by the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation concerned.
Subregulation 5
The management corporation or subsidiary management corporation shall appoint from among its officers and members of its council or executive committee, as the case may be, not more than 3 persons to act jointly as its authorised representatives in connection with any application for the Commissioner’s approval under section 41(4) of the Act.