No. S 495
Building Control Act
(Chapter 29)
Building Control (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 of the Building Control Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 24th September 2007.
Amendment of Fourth Schedule
2.  The Fourth Schedule to the Building Control Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. S 666/2003) is amended —
(a)by deleting the definition of “clerk-of-works” and substituting the following definition:
“ “accepted university” means any university that is accepted by the Commissioner of Building Control and that is specified by him in a list that is —
(a)obtainable from his office at the Building and Construction Authority, 5 Maxwell Road, #02-00 Tower Block MND Complex, Singapore 069110; and
(b)available in the Internet website of the Building and Construction Authority at http://www.bca.gov.sg;”;
(b)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “resident engineer”;
(c)by deleting paragraph (c) of the definition of “resident engineer” and substituting the following paragraphs:
(c)possesses a postgraduate master’s degree or doctoral degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from any university recognised by the Professional Engineers Board for registration as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act;
(d)is a Chartered Engineer registered by the Engineering Council United Kingdom in the Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering discipline;
(e)possesses a university degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from any accepted university and has at least one year of relevant postgraduate practical experience in design or construction of structural works as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control; or
(f)possesses any other qualification acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “resident engineer”, the following definition:
“ “resident technical officer” means any person appointed by a qualified person for the purposes of section 10(1) or (2) of the Act and who —
(a)possesses a degree from any local university or a diploma from any local polytechnic in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering;
(b)possesses a diploma in any construction-related field from any local polytechnic and has at least one year of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites in Singapore as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
(c)possesses a diploma or higher certificate from any foreign polytechnic in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and has at least one year of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
(d)possesses a diploma in any construction-related field from any foreign polytechnic and has at least 4 years of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites in Singapore as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
(e)possesses a degree from any foreign university in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and has at least one year of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
(f)possesses a degree related to Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from any foreign university and has at least one year of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites in Singapore as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control; or
(g)possesses any other qualification acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control and has such period of postgraduate practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites as may be required by the Commissioner of Building Control.”; and
(e)by deleting the word “clerk-of-works” wherever it appears in the second column of Parts I and II and substituting in each case the words “resident technical officer”.
[G.N. Nos. S 598/2004; S549/2005; S 478/2007]

Made this 18th day of September 2007.

TAN TEE HOW
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 202/1-7V17; AG/LEG/SL/29/2002/1 Vol. 5]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 52 of the Building Control Act).