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Formal Consolidation |  2020 RevEd
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“amendment”, in relation to the Master Plan, includes any alteration or addition to or any repeal or replacement of the Master Plan in whole or in part;
“architect” means a person who is registered as an architect under the Architects Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“breach of planning control” means —
(a)the carrying out of any development of land without the requisite planning permission;
(b)the carrying out of works in a conservation area without the requisite conservation permission; or
(c)any failure to comply with any condition imposed under section 14(4) for a written permission or any condition of an authorisation under section 21(6);
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure (whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise) and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure or foundation connected to the foregoing;
“certificate of statutory completion” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;
“Certified Interpretation Plan” means a Certified Interpretation Plan prepared and certified by the competent authority under section 7;
“Collector” has the meaning given by the Land Revenue Collection Act 1940;
“competent authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any competent authority appointed under section 5 to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;
“conservation” means the preservation, enhancement or restoration of the character or appearance of, and the interior and exterior of any building in, a conservation area;
“conservation area” means an area designated by the Minister in accordance with sections 8 and 9;
“conservation guidelines” means the conservation guidelines issued under section 11;
“conservation permission” means permission mentioned in section 12(2);
“developer” means the person for whom or on whose behalf development of land or works within a conservation area are carried out;
“development charge” means the tax payable under section 35;
“dormitory accommodation” includes accommodation occupied, or available for occupation, by 7 (or such other number as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution) or more individuals, where rent or other form of consideration is paid or given for the accommodation, whether by an occupant or another person, and whether or not the relationship of landlord and tenant is thereby created, except where the occupants consist only of the following:
(a)an individual who is related by blood, marriage or adoption (by virtue of an order of court in Singapore or elsewhere) to all other occupants except an occupant mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c);
(b)a domestic worker whose work permit states the premises occupied as the domestic worker’s residential address;
(c)an individual engaged to provide care or medical assistance to another occupant;
“enforcement notice” means a notice served under section 28;
“engineer” means a person who is registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“functions” includes powers and duties;
“holding” means any piece or parcel of land held or possessed under an instrument of title, capable of being registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 or, where applicable, under the Land Titles Act 1993, relating exclusively thereto;
“information notice” has the meaning given by section 25;
“land” includes buildings and any estate or interest in or right over land;
“land surveyor” means a person who is registered as a surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“Master Plan” has the meaning given by section 6;
“occupier” includes any person in actual occupation of land or premises or any person having the charge, management or control of the land or premises either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
“owner”, in relation to land or premises, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the land or premises whether on the person’s own account or as trustee for any other person or as receiver (not being appointed by or on behalf of a mortgagee) or the person who would receive the rent if the land or premises were let to a tenant and includes —
(a)a mortgagee in possession; and
(b)the purchaser of any newly constructed premises or part thereof in respect of which a temporary occupation permit or a certificate of statutory completion has been granted;
“planning permission” means permission mentioned in section 12(1);
“prescribe” means prescribe by rules made under this Act;
“provisional permission” means provisional permission granted under section 17(1);
“purchase notice” means a notice served under section 24;
“qualified person” means a person specified in the First Schedule;
“repealed Act” means the repealed Planning Act (Cap. 232, 1990 Revised Edition);
“street” includes any road, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over any public bridge, and includes also any road, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not; and all channels, drains and ditches at the side of any street are deemed to be part of that street;
“subdivision permission” means permission mentioned in section 12(3);
“temporary occupation permit” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;
“use”, in relation to land, does not include the use of land by the carrying out of any building or other operations on the land;
“works within a conservation area” means —
(a)any development of land within a conservation area; or
(b)any decorative, painting, renovation or other works (whether external or internal) to any building within a conservation area which may affect its character or appearance;
“written permission” means a planning permission, conservation permission or subdivision permission (as the case may be) granted by a competent authority and includes any such permission granted or issued by electronic transmission or in a medium other than paper and authenticated in such manner as the competent authority may determine;
“written statement”, in relation to the Master Plan, means that part of the Master Plan which includes a summary of the main proposals of the Master Plan with such descriptive matter as the competent authority considers necessary to illustrate the proposals of the Master Plan or as the Minister may, from time to time, direct for that purpose.
[17/2001; 30/2003; 7/2017]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 23 of 2023
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“amendment”, in relation to the Master Plan, includes any alteration or addition to or any repeal or replacement of the Master Plan in whole or in part;
“architect” means a person who is registered as an architect under the Architects Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“breach of planning control” means —
(a)the carrying out of any development of land without the requisite planning permission;
(b)the carrying out of works in a conservation area without the requisite conservation permission; or
(c)any failure to comply with any condition imposed under section 14(4) for a written permission or any condition of an authorisation under section 21(6);
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure (whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise) and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure or foundation connected to the foregoing;
“certificate of statutory completion” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;
“Certified Interpretation Plan” means a Certified Interpretation Plan prepared and certified by the competent authority under section 7;
“Collector” has the meaning given by the Land Revenue Collection Act 1940;
“competent authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any competent authority appointed under section 5 to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;
“conservation” means the preservation, enhancement or restoration of the character or appearance of, and the interior and exterior of any building in, a conservation area;
“conservation area” means an area designated by the Minister in accordance with sections 8 and 9;
“conservation guidelines” means the conservation guidelines issued under section 11;
“conservation permission” means permission mentioned in section 12(2);
“developer” means the person for whom or on whose behalf development of land or works within a conservation area are carried out;
[Deleted by Act 11 of 2021 wef 01/08/2022]
“dormitory accommodation” includes accommodation occupied, or available for occupation, by 7 (or such other number as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution) or more individuals, where rent or other form of consideration is paid or given for the accommodation, whether by an occupant or another person, and whether or not the relationship of landlord and tenant is thereby created, except where the occupants consist only of the following:
(a)an individual who is related by blood, marriage or adoption (by virtue of an order of court in Singapore or elsewhere) to all other occupants except an occupant mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c);
(b)a domestic worker whose work permit states the premises occupied as the domestic worker’s residential address;
(c)an individual engaged to provide care or medical assistance to another occupant;
“enforcement notice” means a notice served under section 28;
“engineer” means a person who is registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“functions” includes powers and duties;
“holding” means any piece or parcel of land held or possessed under an instrument of title, capable of being registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 or, where applicable, under the Land Titles Act 1993, relating exclusively thereto;
“information notice” has the meaning given by section 25;
“land” includes buildings and any estate or interest in or right over land;
“land surveyor” means a person who is registered as a surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“Master Plan” has the meaning given by section 6;
“occupier” includes any person in actual occupation of land or premises or any person having the charge, management or control of the land or premises either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
“owner”, in relation to land or premises, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the land or premises whether on the person’s own account or as trustee for any other person or as receiver (not being appointed by or on behalf of a mortgagee) or the person who would receive the rent if the land or premises were let to a tenant and includes —
(a)a mortgagee in possession; and
(b)the purchaser of any newly constructed premises or part thereof in respect of which a temporary occupation permit or a certificate of statutory completion has been granted;
“planning permission” means permission mentioned in section 12(1);
“prescribe” means prescribe by rules made under this Act;
“provisional permission” means provisional permission granted under section 17(1) or 17A(2);
[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]
“purchase notice” means a notice served under section 24;
“qualified person” means a person specified in the First Schedule;
“repealed Act” means the repealed Planning Act (Cap. 232, 1990 Revised Edition);
“street” includes any road, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over any public bridge, and includes also any road, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not; and all channels, drains and ditches at the side of any street are deemed to be part of that street;
“subdivision permission” means permission mentioned in section 12(3);
“temporary occupation permit” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;
“use”, in relation to land, does not include the use of land by the carrying out of any building or other operations on the land;
“works within a conservation area” means —
(a)any development of land within a conservation area; or
(b)any decorative, painting, renovation or other works (whether external or internal) to any building within a conservation area which may affect its character or appearance;
“written permission” means a planning permission, conservation permission or subdivision permission (as the case may be) granted by a competent authority and includes any such permission granted or issued by electronic transmission or in a medium other than paper and authenticated in such manner as the competent authority may determine;
“written statement”, in relation to the Master Plan, means that part of the Master Plan which includes a summary of the main proposals of the Master Plan with such descriptive matter as the competent authority considers necessary to illustrate the proposals of the Master Plan or as the Minister may, from time to time, direct for that purpose.
[17/2001; 30/2003; 7/2017]