Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Building Maintenance (Strata Management) Regulations 2005
Regulation 4
Commissioner’s approval to collect maintenance charges
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), the first application to the Commissioner for his approval under section 18(1) of the Act authorising an owner developer to collect any charges for the management and maintenance of a development or any common property or limited common property comprised in the development from the purchasers of any lot or proposed lot comprised in the development need not be accompanied by any fee if —
the owner developer has paid the fee prescribed in the Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Strata Units) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 196/2005) when filing the schedule of strata units for that development; or
the schedule of strata units for that development was filed with the Commissioner before 1st April 2005.
Subregulation 2
Every second or subsequent application to the Commissioner for his approval under section 18(1) of the Act in relation to the same development shall be accompanied by the following relevant fee:
for a mixed-use development, with or without limited common property $1,000 per application(b)for any other development, with or without limited common property $500 per application.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (2), “mixed-use development” means a development that consists or is to consist of 2 or more different classes of use, and the different classes of use are as follows:
residence;
office;
commercial (other than as an office), such as a shop, food establishment, theatre or car park;
boarding premises, such as a hotel, serviced apartment or nursing home;
industrial, including use as a warehouse, showroom or business park.