Building Control (Buildable Design) Regulations 2000

No. S 564

Building Control Act

(Chapter 29)

Building Control (Buildable Design) Regulations 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 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 (Buildable Design) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“buildability” means the extent to which the design of a building facilitates ease of construction;

“buildability score” means the score for buildability computed in accordance with the Buildable Design Appraisal System as set out in the Code of Practice;

“building plans” means the building plans referred to in regulation 4(1)(a)(i) of the Building Control Regulations (Rg 1, 2000 Ed.);

“Code of Practice” means the Code of Practice on Buildable Design issued by the Building and Construction Authority;

“detailed structural plans” means the detailed structural plans referred to in regulation 4(1)(a)(ii) of the Building Control Regulations;

“gross floor area” means the gross floor area which has been permitted under section 14 of the Planning Act (Cap.232) to be developed.

Application

3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations shall apply to any building works in respect of which an application for planning permission is submitted to the competent authority under the Planning Act on or after 1st January 2001 and which involves a gross floor area of 5,000 square metres or more.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply to building works consisting of repairs, alterations or additions to an existing building unless the building works involves increasing the gross floor area of the existing building by 5,000 square metres or more.

(3) These Regulations shall also not apply to any building works relating to —

(a)	any culvert, bridge, underpass, tunnel, earth retaining or stabilising structure, slipway, dock, wharf or jetty;
(b)	any theme park;
(c)	any place of worship;
(d)	any power station; or
(e)	any waste processing or treatment plant.

Minimum buildability score

4. Any person who wishes to commence or carry out, or permit or authorise the commencement or carrying out of, any building works to which these Regulations apply, and every qualified person appointed in respect of the building works under section 6(3) of the Act, shall ensure that the building works are designed to comply and are carried out in accordance with —

(a)	the minimum buildability score for the category of building works as set out in the Code of Practice; or
(b)	in the case of building works comprising of mixed categories of building works, the sum of the minimum buildability scores for each category of building works as set out in the Code of Practice pro-rated in proportion to the percentage of gross floor area used for each category.

Submission of buildability score

5.—(1) Any person for whom any proposed building works are to be commenced or carried out shall, at the time of the application for approval of building plans under section 6(1) of the Act, submit the buildability score to the Commissioner of Building Control.

(2) The submission of the buildability score referred to in paragraph (1) shall —

(a)	bear an endorsement by all qualified persons appointed under section 6(3) of the Act in respect of the building works that the building works are designed to comply with the prescribed minimum buildability score; and
(b)	be accompanied by such documents as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine.

Submission of structural buildability score

6.—(1) In addition to the requirements in regulation 5, if an application for approval of detailed structural plans of any proposed building works under section 6(1) of the Act is made before an application for approval of the building plans, then the person making the application shall, at the time of application for approval of detailed structural plans of the building works, submit the buildability score relating to the structural elements of the building works (referred to in this regulation as the structural buildability score) to the Commissioner of Building Control.

(2) The submission of the structural buildability score referred to in paragraph (1) shall —

(a)	bear an endorsement by all qualified persons appointed under section 6(3) of the Act in respect of the building works as to the structural buildability score of the building works; and
(b)	be accompanied by such documents as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine.

Departure and deviation from approved plans

7. Any person who wishes to depart or deviate from any plan of building works approved by the Commissioner of Building Control under section 6(2)(a) of the Act shall ensure that the departure or deviation is designed to comply, and is carried out in accordance, with the minimum buildability score as required under regulation 4.

Submission of as-built buildability score

8.—(1) On completion of the building works, the person for whom the building works were carried out shall, within one month of obtaining a temporary occupation permit and in any case before obtaining a certificate of statutory completion, submit the buildability score of the building works as completed (referred to in this regulation as the as-built buildability score) to the Commissioner of Building Control.

(2) The submission of the as-built buildability score referred to in paragraph (1) shall —

(a)	bear an endorsement by all qualified persons appointed under section 6(3) of the Act in respect of the building works as to the as-built buildability score of the building works; and
(b)	be accompanied by such documents as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine.

Penalty

9. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Made this 7th day of December 2000.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 202/1-73 V9; AG/LEG/SL/29/97/1 VOL. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 52 of the Building Control Act).

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