Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 08 Sep 2008

No. S 449

Planning Act

(Chapter 232)

Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(1) of the Planning Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008 and shall come into operation on 8th September 2008.

[G.N. Nos. S 194/2007; S 757/2007; S 114/2008]

New rule 6A

2. The Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) Rules (R 6) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 6, the following rule:

“Exemption in respect of land leased by State to university

6A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall be exempted from liability to pay any development charge under section 35 of the Act for any development of land authorised on or after 8th September 2008 if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)	the land is leased or agreed to be leased by the State to a university or the leasehold interest in the land as vested in or held by a university is granted or agreed to be granted by the State under a lease for use or development for the purpose of Educational Institution or educational and institutional related uses; and
(b)	the terms and conditions of the lease do not stipulate the maximum allowable intensity or plot ratio for the development.

(2) The exemption in paragraph (1) shall be exemption from liability to pay any development charge not exceeding the amount determined in accordance with the formula:

(A x B) – C

where

is the floor area obtained by multiplying the area of the land by a factor of 1.4;

is the rate specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Planning (Development Charges) Rules (R 5) corresponding to —

(a) the appropriate geographical sector of the land as defined in those Rules; and

(b) the Use Group within which falls the purpose for which the land is to be used or developed under the terms of the lease by the State as specified in paragraph (1)(a); and

is the Development Baseline of the land as determined in accordance with section 36 of the Act and computed in accordance with the Planning (Development Charges) Rules.

(3) In this rule, “university” means —

(a)	the company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) under the name “National University of Singapore”; or
(b)	the company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act under the name “Nanyang Technological University.”.”Educational Institution or educational and institutional related uses

Amendment of Fourth Schedule

3. The Fourth Schedule to the Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the item “Science and Technology Park”, the following item:

Educational Institution or educational and institutional related uses

1.4

Made this 5th day of September 2008.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 265/5-172 Pt 5; AG/LEG/SL/232/2005/2 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 61(4) of the Planning Act).

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