Building Control (Temporary Buildings) Regulations

Building Control Act

(Chapter 29, Section 50)

Rg 9

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[1st May 1989]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Temporary Buildings) Regulations.

Application

2. These Regulations shall apply to the following temporary buildings:

(a)	a shed for or in connection with the holding of any wedding, entertainment, funeral or religious ceremony exceeding 7 days in duration;
(b)	a site office, store, builder’s shed or other shed required in connection with any building works relating to permanent buildings and situated outside the boundaries of the site of the building works;
(c)	a hoarding or frame for the display of advertisements or signboards;
(d)	a protective hoarding, catch platform or sidewalk shed on a street or footway required for or in connection with any building works;
(e)	a stall or shed situated in any open space and required for or in connection with a trade fair, funfair or other exhibition exceeding 28 days in duration; and
(f)	any other building required for a period not exceeding 36 months.

Erection and occupation of temporary buildings

3.—(1) No person shall —

(a)	erect, or cause or permit to be erected, any temporary building to which these Regulations apply without a permit granted under regulation 4; or
(b)	occupy any such temporary building which he knows or ought reasonably to know is erected in contravention of sub-paragraph (a).

(2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

Permit

4.—(1) An application for a permit to erect a temporary building to which these Regulations apply shall —

(a)

be in the form set out in the Schedule; and

(b)

be accompanied by —

(i)	a fee of $100 for every 12 months or part thereof the proposed temporary building is required;
(ii)	a copy of any written permission issued by the competent authority under the Planning Act [Cap. 232];
(iii)	3 sets of plans of the proposed temporary building; and
(iv)	such other documents as the Building Authority may require.

(2) The Building Authority may grant a permit subject to such conditions as the Building Authority may consider necessary.

(3) A permit granted under this regulation shall be valid for the period specified therein for which the temporary building may exist.

Lapsing of permit

5. A permit granted under regulation 4 in respect of any temporary building shall automatically lapse where any written permission granted by the competent authority under the Planning Act in respect of the temporary building lapses.

Protective hoardings, scaffolding, etc.

6. All protective hoardings, catch platforms, fences and other temporary structures erected for the safety and convenience of persons in any public place or on any public road shall —

(a)	be painted in white or other light colour;
(b)	be provided with proper and illuminated paths or footways for the use of such persons; and
(c)	between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. be illuminated with such warning signs and warning lights as may be approved by the Building Authority.

Revocation of permit

7. The Building Authority may by notice in writing revoke any permit granted under regulation 4 in respect of any temporary building if the person to whom the permit is granted —

(a)	contravenes regulation 6;
(b)	erects, or causes or permits the erection of, the temporary building other than in accordance with the plans in respect thereof approved by the Building Authority;
(c)	contravenes any of the conditions of the permit; or
(d)	fails to maintain the temporary building in a satisfactory manner.

Demolition of temporary building

8.—(1) Where a permit granted under regulation 4 in respect of any temporary building has lapsed or expired, or has been revoked under regulation 7, the person to whom the permit was granted shall forthwith demolish the temporary building.

Saving

9. Any temporary permit granted under the Building Control (Administration) Regulations 1979 [S 169/79], revoked by the Building Control Regulations [Rg 5], which permit is in force immediately before 1st May 1989 —

(a)	shall have effect as if granted under these Regulations; and
(b)	in the case of a temporary permit for a specified period, shall remain in force, subject to these Regulations, for so much of that period falling after 1st May 1989.

[G.N. No. S 153/89]

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