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No. S 603

Planning Act

(CHAPTER 232)

Planning
(Development Charge — Exemption)
(Amendment) Rules 2019

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) (Amendment) Rules 2019 and come into operation on 1 September 2019.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Planning (Development Charge — Exemption) Rules (R 6) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “specified purpose”, the following definition:

“ “statutory body” means a body corporate established by or under any public Act to perform or discharge a public function;”.

New rule 6B

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

“Exemption in respect of land for which State or statutory body has granted lease, tenancy or licence for agricultural use

6B.—(1) A person is exempted from liability to pay any development charge under section 35 of the Act for any development of land authorised on or after 1 September 2019 for agricultural use, if the land is the subject of an applicable lease, an applicable tenancy agreement or an applicable licence.

(2) In this rule —

“agricultural use” includes the use of land as an agrotechnology park, an aquaculture farm (including an aquarium fish farm), a plant nursery, a hydroponics farm, and an agriculture research or experimental station;

“applicable lease” means a lease entered into with the State or a statutory body, in respect of land for agricultural use;

“applicable licence” means a temporary occupation licence issued by a Collector of Land Revenue, in respect of land for agricultural use;

“applicable tenancy agreement” means a tenancy agreement entered into with a Collector of Land Revenue, in respect of land for agricultural use.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 194/2007; S 757/2007; S 114/2008; S 449/2008; S 510/2011; S 599/2015]

Made on 30 August 2019.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/232/2015/7 Vol. 1]

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