Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
Regulation 17
Demolition of building
Where building works for the demolition of any building is to be carried out, and —
in a case where a survey is conducted under regulation 3, a competent person states in a survey report for those building works that asbestos or asbestos-containing material is fixed or installed in the building; or
in a case where no survey is conducted under regulation 3, the owner of the building informs the employer of any person who carries out or is to carry out, or the principal under whose direction a person carries out or is to carry out, the demolition work that asbestos or asbestos-containing material is fixed or installed in the building, it shall be the duty of the employer or principal, as the case may be, to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that any asbestos-removal work to be undertaken by an approved asbestos-removal contractor is completed before the demolition work starts.