PART I | 1. This Act may be cited as the Jurong Town Corporation Act. |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —| “authorised occupier” means a person who is named in an application made to the Corporation as the person who intends to reside in the flat, house or building sold or to be sold by the Corporation under Part IV or any person who is authorised in writing by the Corporation to reside therein; |
| “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Corporation appointed under section 4; |
| “commercial property” means any flat, house or building or any part thereof which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 (Act 3 of 1998) or any other written law for the purpose of carrying on any business or which is lawfully so used, and includes any industrial property; [Act 20 of 2013 wef 08/11/2013] |
| “common property” means so much of the developed land and all parts of the building as are not comprised in the flats in a building; |
| “Corporation” means the Jurong Town Corporation established under section 3; |
| “developed land” means any land of the Corporation upon which a building has been erected; |
| “financial year” means a period of 12 months beginning on 1st April in each year and ending on 31st March in the following year; |
| “flat” means a horizontal stratum of a building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of human habitation or business or for any other purpose; |
“industrial property” means —| (a) | any building or other premises which is permitted by or under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) or any other written law for use solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose; | | (b) | any building or other premises used solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose, being a use to which the building or premises was put on 1st February 1960, and the building or premises has not been put to any other use since that date; or | | (c) | any land zoned in the Master Plan (within the meaning of section 6 of the Planning Act) solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose; [Act 20 of 2013 wef 08/11/2013] |
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“industrial purpose” means —| (a) | general industry, such as the manufacturing, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, laundry, packing, canning, adapting, breaking up or demolishing any article or part thereof, the getting, processing or treatment of minerals, or the manufacturing or packing of goods or foodstuff, whether or not the processes carried on are dangerous or offensive; | | (b) | light industry where the processes in paragraph (a) or the machinery installed for such processes are such as can be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of the area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit and are not dangerous or offensive; | | (c) | warehousing, storage of goods or foodstuff, or freight and logistics operations; | | (d) | research and development activities, business park activities or science park activities; or | | (e) | such other activity of an industrial nature as the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, specify to be an industrial purpose; [Act 20 of 2013 wef 08/11/2013] |
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| “Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 138A); [Act 20 of 2013 wef 08/11/2013] |
| “lease” includes an agreement for a lease; |
| “officer” includes the Chairman, members and employees of the Corporation; |
| “owner”, in relation to immovable property, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in any property sold by the Corporation and also includes a purchaser under an agreement for lease; [29/74; 11/78; 31/80] [Act 20 of 2013 wef 08/11/2013] |
| “Urban Redevelopment Authority” means the Urban Redevelopment Authority established under the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act (Cap. 340). [Act 20 of 2013 wef 08/11/2013] |
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