Building Control (Licensing of Builders) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

No. S 115

Building Control Act

(CHAPTER 29)

Building Control
(Licensing of Builders) (Amendment)
Regulations 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29L 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 (Licensing of Builders) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2013.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3(1) of the Building Control (Licensing of Builders) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 641/2008) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the words “, and any reference in these Regulations to a numbered form shall be construed as a reference to the current version of the form bearing the corresponding number which is displayed at that website” in sub-paragraph (b).

Amendment of regulation 17

3. Regulation 17(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “construction personnel” and substituting the following definition:

“ “construction personnel” has the same meaning as in section 29H(5) of the Act;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “or construction foreman” in the definition of “man-year” and substituting the words “, construction foreman or construction supervisor, as the case may be,”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “man-year”, the following definition:

“ “mechanical and electrical works” —

(a)	means any work performed or carried out to install any mechanical or electrical installation; and
(b)	includes the installing, constructing, erecting, repairing or the altering of the mechanical or electrical installation or the replacing of any part thereof or the adding of any part thereto or the carrying out of any work thereon for the maintenance thereof of such installation; but
(c)	does not include work in relation to the manufacturing of such installation;”; and

(d)

by deleting the definition of “reinforced concrete works” and substituting the following definition:

“ “reinforced concrete works” means the on-site fabrication, installation or erection of formwork and steel reinforcement for reinforced concrete work, including —

(a)	fabrication (both on-site or off-site) of pre‑cast concrete components; and
(b)	installation of pre-cast concrete components;”.

Amendment of regulation 18

4. Regulation 18 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “and classified accordingly” and substituting the words “and a construction tradesman shall be classified accordingly”.

Amendment of regulation 19

5. Regulation 19 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Parts I, II, III and V of the Third Schedule, and classified accordingly” and substituting the words “Parts I, II and III of the Third Schedule, and a construction foreman shall be classified accordingly”.

New regulation 19A

6. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 19, the following regulation:

“Classes of construction supervisor

19A. For the purposes of section 29H(5) of the Act, a “construction supervisor” means a natural person, not being the builder, who oversees the execution or performance of one or more classes of works, connected with any building works, specified in Parts V and VI of the Third Schedule for or on behalf of another person for a fixed sum, percentage, or valuable consideration, wages or other reward (but does not include a construction foreman or other person employed in a like or less responsible capacity), and a construction supervisor shall be classified accordingly.”.

Amendment of regulation 20

7. Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Part II, III or V” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the words “Part II or III”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (3)(c);

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (3) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(e)	in the case of the class of work specified in Part V of the Third Schedule, the number of construction supervisors shall be determined using the manpower factor of 0.25; and
(f)	in the case of any class of work specified in Part VI of the Third Schedule or any combination thereof, the number of construction supervisors in any such class or classes of work shall be determined using the manpower factor of 0.25.”;

(d)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (4)(a);

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(c)	in the case of the class of work specified in Part V of the Third Schedule, the number of construction supervisors shall be determined using the manpower factor of 0.25.”;

(f)

by deleting paragraph (5) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(5) Where the significant general building work project is a significant general building work project referred to in paragraph (4) except that the class of work specified in Part IV of the Third Schedule is not applicable, then —

(a)	in the case of any class of work specified in Part I of the Third Schedule or any combination thereof, the number of construction foremen in any such class or classes of work shall be determined using the manpower factor of 1.5; and
(b)	in the case of the class of work specified in Part V of the Third Schedule, the number of construction supervisors shall be determined using the manpower factor of 0.25.”;

(g)

by deleting the words “Part II, III or V” in paragraph (6)(b) and substituting the words “Part II or III”;

(h)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (6)(d);

(i)

by deleting the words “or any combination thereof” in paragraph (6)(e); and

(j)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (6) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(f)	in the case of the class of work specified in Part V of the Third Schedule, the number of construction supervisors shall be determined using the manpower factor of 0.25; and
(g)	in the case of any class of work specified in Part VI of the Third Schedule or any combination thereof, the number of construction supervisors in any such class or classes of work shall be determined using the manpower factor of 0.25.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

8. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after “19” in the Schedule reference, “, 19A”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 7 of Part II, the following item:

“8. Waterproofing works.”; and

(c)

by deleting Part V and substituting the following Parts:

“Part V

1.	Structural works.

Part VI

1.	Architectural works.

2.	Mechanical and electrical works.”.

Savings

9. Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, for the purposes of Part V of the principal Regulations, where a permit under section 6 of the Act to carry out structural works in a significant general building work project has been granted before 1st April 2013, regulation 20 of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before that date shall continue to apply to any manpower programme that is required to be lodged with the Commissioner under regulation 20A of the principal Regulations.

[G.N. Nos. S 274/2009; S 200/2011]

Made this 28th day of February 2013.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND202/1-7 Vol. 18; AG/LLRD/SL/29/2011/2 Vol. 1]

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