Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) (Amendment) Rules 2007

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Apr 2007

No. S 186

Housing and Development Act

(Chapter 129)

Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) (Amendment) Rules 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(2) of the Housing and Development Act, the Housing and Development Board, with the approval of the Minister for National Development, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) (Amendment) Rules 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2007.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) Rules (R 5) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “maintenance fee”, the following definition:

“ “National Environment Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act (Cap. 195);”.

New rule 2A

3. The Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 2, the following rule:

“Application

2A. These Rules shall not apply to any tenant, licensee or lessee of any market or food centre or part thereof which is owned by the Board and managed by the National Environment Agency, or any stall in any such market or food centre.”.

Savings and transitional provisions

4.—(1) Where any penalty which has been imposed under the Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) Rules (R 5) remains unpaid on 1st May 2007 by any tenant, licensee or lessee of any market or food centre or part thereof which is owned by the Board and managed by the National Environment Agency, or any stall in any such market or food centre, such penalty shall continue to remain payable to the Board as if these Rules have not been made.

(2) These Rules shall not affect any right or liability which has accrued under the Housing and Development (Penalties for Late Payment) Rules prior to 1st May 2007.

Made this 30th day of April 2007.

JAMES KOH CHER SIANG

Temporary Chairman,
Housing and Development Board,
Singapore.

[440-12-01-0044; AG/LEG/SL/129/2005/7 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 27(3) of the Housing and Development Act).

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