Power to modify Land Titles (Strata) Act for collective sale of property affected by COVID-19 event
40.—(1)  The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, make provision for the purpose of applying a modified provision of a Schedule to the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158) (called in this Part the LTSA) to a case mentioned in subsection (2), in relation to which an application to the Minister made in accordance with the order to apply the modified provision is approved by the Minister.
(2)  Subsection (1) applies to a case where —
(a)a collective sale committee was constituted before 25 March 2020 for the purpose of a collective sale of property under Part VA of the LTSA;
(b)a requirement specified in the order of a Schedule to the LTSA for the collective sale was not satisfied (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 18 of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment No. 2) Act 2020) or is unlikely to be satisfied; and
(c)the requirement was not or is unlikely to be satisfied because it was or will be inexpedient or impracticable to carry out any act necessary for the requirement to be satisfied in view of a COVID-19 event.
(3)  The order in subsection (1) may in particular make provision for the following:
(a)to extend or replace a period of time in a Schedule to the LTSA for a case;
(b)to disapply a provision or a part of a provision of a Schedule to the LTSA to or in relation to a person, to apply a provision or a part of a provision of the Schedule to the LTSA (with or without modification) to or in relation to a person, or both;
(c)to provide for the form, manner and time for making an application to the Minister mentioned in subsection (1);
(d)to require a notice of such application, and a notice of the outcome of such application, to be served on prescribed persons;
(e)to provide for the right of a prescribed person to be heard by the Minister in relation to such application;
(f)to provide for the manner of serving any document and when it is deemed served;
(g)to provide for any other matter necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out the purpose in subsection (1).
(4)  Despite anything in any written law, in a case for which the Minister has approved the application of a modified provision of a Schedule to the LTSA, the LTSA is to be read with the modifications applicable to that case that are made by the order in subsection (1).
(5)  In this section, “collective sale committee” means a collective sale committee constituted under section 84A(1A) of the LTSA, including that provision as applied by section 84D(9), 84E(15) or 84FA(16) of the LTSA.
[Act 30 of 2020 wef 06/10/2020]