65.—(1) The Minister may make rules for giving effect to the provisions of this Part and, in particular, for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:
(a)
the terms and conditions for the sale of any flat, house or other building under the provisions of this Part;
(aa)
the terms and conditions which the Board may impose in granting its consent under section 50 to any sale, lease, mortgage or disposal of a flat, house or other building; and those rules may provide that in specified circumstances, the Board shall be deemed for the purposes of that section to have granted its prior written consent subject to such terms and conditions;
(b)
the person to whom the flat, house or other building may be sold and the persons who are allowed to stay in it, including the qualifications as to income, the minimum number in the family, citizenship of and ownership of any other properties by all or any such persons;
(c)
a scheme of savings, by a prospective purchaser of a flat, house or other building, with the Board for the first minimum payment on a flat, house or other building;
(d)
the minimum first payment on the purchase of a flat, house or other building and the maximum period that may be allowed for the payment of the balance of the purchase price, together with the prescribed interest;
(e)
the functions, duties and powers of a management corporation;
(f)
regulating the use, management and control of flats, houses or other buildings of the Board, that have been sold under the provisions of this Part, and the common property;
(g)
prescribing the fees to be charged by the Board for acting for any person in the sale, purchase, transmission of the interest of a deceased owner, transfer, assignment, mortgage, discharge of a mortgage, reconveyance or surrender, of a flat sold under the provisions of this Part or for acting for any surviving joint owner of such a flat in his application to register his entitlement consequent upon the death of the other joint owner; and
(h)
prescribing the penalty (such penalty, if unpaid, to constitute a debt due to the Board and be recoverable as such) to be paid by the owner of any flat, house or other living accommodation sold under the provisions of this Part or by any applicant for any such flat, house or other living accommodation for non-observance or non-compliance with any of the restrictions, conditions or requirements of section 47, 55 or 56 where the Board does not institute proceedings against him under any of those sections.
[15/71; 13/75; 4/78; 25/79; 20/80; 31/2002]
(2) All such rules shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 34 of 2017
Power to make rules
65.—(1) The Minister may make rules for giving effect to the provisions of this Part and, in particular, for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:
(a)
the terms and conditions for the sale of any flat, house or other building under the provisions of this Part;
(aa)
the terms and conditions which the Board may impose in granting its consent under section 50 to any sale, lease, mortgage or disposal of a flat, house or other building; and those rules may provide that in specified circumstances, the Board shall be deemed for the purposes of that section to have granted its prior written consent subject to such terms and conditions;
(b)
the person to whom the flat, house or other building may be sold and the persons who are allowed to stay in it, including the qualifications as to income, the minimum number in the family, citizenship of and ownership of any other properties by all or any such persons;
(c)
a scheme of savings, by a prospective purchaser of a flat, house or other building, with the Board for the first minimum payment on a flat, house or other building;
(d)
the minimum first payment on the purchase of a flat, house or other building and the maximum period that may be allowed for the payment of the balance of the purchase price, together with the prescribed interest;
(e)
the functions, duties and powers of a management corporation;
(f)
regulating the use, management and control of flats, houses or other buildings of the Board, that have been sold under the provisions of this Part, and the common property;
(g)
prescribing the fees to be charged by the Board for acting for any person in the sale, purchase, transmission of the interest of a deceased owner, transfer, assignment, mortgage, discharge of a mortgage, reconveyance or surrender, of a flat sold under the provisions of this Part or for acting for any surviving joint owner of such a flat in his application to register his entitlement consequent upon the death of the other joint owner;
[Act 13 of 2015 wef 20/07/2015]
(h)
the power of the Board to impose a financial penalty not exceeding $50,000 on the owner or applicant of any flat, house or other living accommodation sold under the provisions of this Part for a breach of any restriction, condition or requirement of section 47 on or after the date of commencement of section 12 of the Housing and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 where the Board does not proceed against that owner or applicant under section 47;
[Act 13 of 2015 wef 20/07/2015]
(i)
the power of the Board to impose a financial penalty not exceeding $50,000 on the owner of any flat, house or other building sold under the provisions of this Part for a breach of any restriction, condition or requirement of section 55 on or after the date of commencement of section 12 of the Housing and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 where the Board does not proceed against that owner under section 55; and
[Act 13 of 2015 wef 20/07/2015]
(j)
the power of the Board to, instead of acquiring any flat, house or other living accommodation on any ground under section 56(1), impose a financial penalty not exceeding $50,000 on the owner of that flat, house or other living accommodation for a breach of any restriction, condition or requirement of section 56 on or after the date of commencement of section 12 of the Housing and Development (Amendment) Act 2015.
[Act 13 of 2015 wef 20/07/2015]
(2) All such rules shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.