Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2016 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 481

Land Titles Act

(CHAPTER 157)

Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 172(1) of the Land Titles Act, the Singapore Land Authority, with the approval of the Minister for Law, makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2016 and come into operation on 3 October 2016.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Land Titles Rules (R 1) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “clearance certificate”, the following definition:

“ “authorised agent” means an attorney authorised in accordance with Part XVI of the Act;”.

Amendment of rule 15A

3. Rule 15A of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (e) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:

“(f)	the notification of a change or correction in the name or other particulars of a registered proprietor;
(g)	the notification of the death of a joint tenant;
(h)	the registration of a total or partial discharge of a mortgage or a charge created under the Central Provident Fund Act;
(i)	the registration of the vesting of any land in the State following the determination of a State title.”.

New rule 28A

4. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 28, the following rule:

“Solicitor or authorised agent may sign certain instruments

28A. Any instrument specified in rule 15A may also be signed by the solicitor or authorised agent of the person lodging the instrument.”.

Amendment of rule 32

5. Rule 32(2) of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “An application” and substituting the words “Subject to rule 28A, an application”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “, or that person’s solicitor or authorised agent”.

Deletion of rule 37A

6. Rule 37A of the principal Rules is deleted.

Deletion of rule 42

7. Rule 42 (including the sub‑heading “Charges under Central Provident Fund Act”) of the principal Rules is deleted.

Amendment of rule 42A

8. Rule 42A of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “Every notification” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “Subject to rule 28A, every notification”;
(b)	by deleting the words “An application” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “Subject to rule 28A, an application”; and
(c)	by deleting the words “or their solicitor” in paragraphs (1) and (2).

[G.N. Nos. S 571/99; S 56/2000; S 163/2000; S 146/2001; S 600/2001; S 368/2002; S 428/2002; S 502/2002; S 276/2003; S 426/2004; S 150/2005; S 162/2005; S 256/2005; S 662/2007; S 383/2008; S 347/2010; S 30/2012; S 530/2014]

Made on 31 August 2016.

LIM SIM SENG

Chairman,
Singapore Land Authority.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/157/2015/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 172(3) of the Land Titles Act).

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