Fire Safety (Registered Inspectors) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Safety (Registered Inspectors) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2004.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 4

2. Regulation 4 of the Fire Safety (Registered Inspectors) Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Qualifications for registration as registered inspector

4.—(1) No person shall be registered under the Act as a registered inspector unless he satisfies the Commissioner that —

(a)

he is an architect registered under the Architects Act (Cap. 12) or a professional engineer registered under the Professional Engineers Act (Cap. 253); and

(b)

immediately before his application for registration as a registered inspector, he has not less than 10 years of practical experience —

(i)	in the design and inspection of buildings incorporating the provisions for fire safety; or
(ii)	in the design and inspection of fire protection systems and mechanical ventilation systems,

acquired after his registration as an architect or a professional engineer.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no registered inspector shall inspect any part of the fire safety works which uses any alternative solution unless he is also a fire safety engineer registered under the Act.”.

Amendment of regulation 8

3. Regulation 8(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “qualified person”, the words “and, where applicable, the fire safety engineer”.

Amendment of regulation 10

4. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “qualified person”, the words “and, where applicable, the fire safety engineer”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the words “qualified persons” in the regulation heading, the words “and fire safety engineers”.

Amendment of First Schedule

5. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

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

(b)

by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(c)	is a fire safety engineer and either an architect registered under the Architects Act or a professional engineer in the civil or structural engineering discipline registered under the Professional Engineers Act shall inspect and, unless otherwise provided, test the fire safety works listed in Part I and that part of the fire safety works using the alternative solution;
(d)	is a fire safety engineer and a professional engineer in the mechanical or electrical engineering discipline registered under the Professional Engineers Act shall inspect and test the fire safety works listed in Part II and that part of the fire safety works using the alternative solution.”.

Deletion and substitution of Second Schedule

6. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 11(1)(a)

Fire Safety Act
(chapter 109a)

Fire Safety (registered Inspectors) Regulations

Registered Inspector’s Inspection Certificate

The Commissioner

Singapore Civil Defence Force

91 Ubi Avenue 4

Singapore 408827

Attn: Director, Fire Safety and Shelter Department

FSSD Approved Plans:

Project Title:

*Lot/Plot *TS/MK

Address/Road

1.

I, ______________________NRIC No./ Passport No. _____________________, being a registered inspector, hereby certify that in accordance with regulation 8(1) of, and the First Schedule to, the Fire Safety (Registered Inspectors) Regulations, I have carried out an inspection of the fire safety works as listed in Part I/II* of the First Schedule (*and that part of the fire safety works using the alternative solution) in the abovementioned building/premises.

2.	I hereby confirm that the fire safety works in the project have been carried out in accordance with the approved plans of fire safety works, the relevant codes of practice, the Fire Safety Act and any regulations made thereunder.

3.	I hereby declare that I have no professional or financial interest in the project or other interest that may conflict with my duties as the registered inspector for this project.

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Registered Inspector’s Stamp and Signature

Date: ………………………………………

*Delete whichever is inapplicable

Regulation 11(1)(b)