Planning (Development Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 03 Aug 2006

No. S 479

Planning Act

(Chapter 232)

Planning (Development Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006

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 Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006 and shall come into operation on 4th August 2006.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Planning (Development Charges) Rules (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “appropriate geographical sector”, the following definitions:

“ “business zone commercial use” means —

(a)

business zone related use;

(b)

business zone retail use; or

(c)

commercial use in any part of any industrial building, industrial retail building, warehouse or warehouse retail building, other than —

(i)	type 2 e-business use;
(ii)	showroom use;
(iii)	commercial use of any floor area approved by the competent authority as part of the quantum for White use permissible under the zoning in the Master Plan for the development of land comprising the industrial building or warehouse,

and for which provisional permission has been granted or, where no such permission has been granted, planning permission or conservation permission has been granted, by the competent authority on or after 14th September 2005;

“business zone related use” has the same meaning as in the Planning (Use Classes) Rules (R 2);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “business zone retail”, the following definition:

“ “commercial use” means the use of a building or any part thereof for any purpose specified under the heading “Purposes for which development is permitted or to be authorised” in Part I of the First Schedule in relation to Use Group A;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “rate”, the following definition:

“ “type 2 e-business” means the use of a building primarily for the purpose of —

(a)	conducting business or commercial activities; or
(b)	the sale or provision of goods or services, including consultancy services,

electronically using computers and computer software, but does not include the use of a building for the purpose of designing or developing computer software;”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Use Group”, the following definition:

“ “White use” means the use of a building or any part thereof for any purpose permitted by the competent authority under the White zone in accordance with the Master Plan;”.

Amendment of rule 10

3. Rule 10 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “business zone retail purpose” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “business zone commercial use”.

Amendment of First Schedule

4. Part I of the First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “Business zone retail” in Use Group I under the heading “Purposes for which development is permitted or to be authorised” and substituting the words “Business zone commercial use”.

[G.N. Nos. S 82/2000; S 391/2000; S 109/2001; S 417/2001; S 99/2002; S436/2002; S 101/2003; S 413/2003; S 82/2004; S 520/2004; S 656/2004; S 100/2005; S 569/2005; S 128/2006]

Made this 2nd day of August 2006.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 265/5-190; AG/LEG/SL/232/2005/2 Vol. 1]

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

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