Building Control (Installation and Retrofitting of Air-conditioning Units) Regulations 1999

No. S 416

Building Control Act

(Chapter 29)

Building Control (Installation and Retrofitting of Air-conditioning Units) Regulations 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 50(2)(j) 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 (Installation and Retrofitting of Air-conditioning Units) Regulations 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1999.

Installation of air-conditioning unit

2. Subject to regulation 4, a trained worker employed to carry out installation works relating to an air-conditioning unit under section 21B(1) of the Act shall install a structural supporting system for the air-conditioning unit that complies with the specifications set out in Part I, II or III of the Schedule, as the case may be.

Retrofitting of existing air-conditioning unit

3.—(1) An owner of any premises or building who is required under section 21C of the Act to retrofit an air-conditioning unit or timber-framed opening or both installed on the exterior of the premises or building shall employ a trained worker to carry out the retrofitting works.

(2) Subject to regulation 4, a trained worker employed to carry out the retrofitting works referred to in paragraph (1) shall install a structural supporting system for the air-conditioning unit that complies with the specifications set out in Part I, II or III of the Schedule, as the case may be.

Trained worker may depart from specifications

4. A trained worker referred to in regulation 2 or 3(2) may depart from the specifications set out in Part I, II or III of the Schedule if, but only if, he has obtained the prior written approval of the Commissioner of Building Control to such departure.

Installation report

5. A person who is required under section 21E(1) of the Act to submit a report of the completed installation or retrofitting works relating to an air-conditioning unit shall submit the report to the Commissioner of Building Control within 14 days of the completion of the installation or retrofitting works.

Penalty

6. Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 2, 3 or 5 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 6 months or to both.

Made this 27th day of September 1999.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 265/13-3 V4; AG/LEG/SL/29/97/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 53 of the Building Control Act).

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