Town Council of Sembawang (Conservancy and Service Charges) (Amendment) By-laws 2018

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 04 May 2018

No. S 270

Town Councils Act

(CHAPTER 329A)

Town Council of Sembawang
(Conservancy and Service Charges)
(Amendment) By-laws 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Town Councils Act, the Town Council for the Town of Sembawang makes the following By‑laws:

Citation and commencement

1. These By-laws are the Town Council of Sembawang (Conservancy and Service Charges) (Amendment) By‑laws 2018 and come into operation on 1 June 2018.

Deletion and substitution of Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Town Council of Sembawang (Conservancy and Service Charges) By‑laws 2016 (G.N. No. S 134/2016) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“THE SCHEDULE

By‑law 2

Part 1

ALL PROPERTIES EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN PART 2

Type of property

Monthly conservancy and
service charges

Normal rate

Reduced rate

1.	1‑room flat

$58

$20

2.	2‑room flat

$61

$29

3.	3‑room flat

$71

$45.50

4.	4‑room flat

$76

$63

5.	5‑room flat

$86

$79

6.	Executive apartment or maisonette

$103

$101

7.	Shop with living accommodation

$2.17 per square metre of the area of the shop, subject to a minimum of $72.50, in addition to the following conservancy and service charges for the equivalent room type:

(a)	1‑room flat

$20

(b)	2‑room flat

$29

(c)	3‑room flat

$45.50

(d)	4‑room flat

$63

(e)	5‑room flat

$79

(f)	Executive apartment or maisonette

$101

8.	Shop without living accommodation

$2.17 per square metre of the area of the shop, subject to a minimum of $72.50

9.	Office, shoplet or kiosk

$2.17 per square metre of the area of the office, shoplet or kiosk, subject to a minimum of $72.50

10.	Premises for use as social communal facilities:

(a)	Education Centre

28.5 cents per square metre of the area of the premises

(b)	Child Care Centre and Community Centre

68.4 cents per square metre of the area of the premises

(c)	Citizens’ Consultative Committee Centre, Residents’ Committee Centre, Community Hall, Student Service Centre, Medical Service Centre or Social Service Centre

6.8 cents per square metre of the area of the premises

(d)	Neighbourhood Police Post or Satellite Fire Post

91.5 cents per square metre of the area of the premises

11.	Other commercial property

$2.17 per square metre of the area of the property, subject to a minimum of $72.50

Part 2

BLOCKS 676A AND 676B WOODLANDS DRIVE 71

Type of property

Monthly conservancy and
service charges

Normal rate

Reduced rate

1.	Studio apartment (Type A)

$75.50

$26

2.	Studio apartment (Type B)

$79.50

$38

Note:

(1) The rates specified under the heading “Normal rate” for items 1 to 6 of Part 1 and items 1 and 2 of Part 2 apply to a flat —

(a)

where none of the owners or tenants and none of the authorised occupiers of the flat are citizens of Singapore;

(b)

where any of the following persons has an interest in any residential property not owned by or vested in the Board, or in any industrial or commercial property (whether or not owned by or vested in the Board):

(i)	any owner or essential occupier of the flat, if the flat is sold by the Board;
(ii)	any tenant or authorised occupier of the flat, if the flat is let out by the Board;

(c)

that is owned by or let to any body corporate; or

(d)

that is vacant.

(2) The rates specified under the heading “Reduced rate” for items 1 to 6 of Part 1 and items 1 and 2 of Part 2 apply to all other flats.

(3) In paragraph (1) —

“authorised occupier” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129);

“essential occupier”, in relation to a flat sold by the Board, means any authorised occupier of the flat who, together with any lessee or other authorised occupier of the flat, will form the necessary family or social nucleus to qualify the lessee to purchase or to continue to own the flat;

“tenant” means any tenant of the Board with respect to an entire flat.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 212/2017; S 303/2017]

Made on 23 April 2018.

VIKRAM NAIR

Chairman,
The Town Council for
the Town of Sembawang,
Singapore.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/329A/2015/5 Vol. 2]

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