No. S 654
Planning Act
(Chapter 232)
PLANNING (TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT LEVY — EXEMPTION) (AMENDMENT) RULES 2004
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40D 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 (Temporary Development Levy — Exemption) (Amendment) Rules 2004 and shall come into operation on 28th October 2004.
Amendment of rule 2
2.  Rule 2(1) of the Planning (Temporary Development Levy — Exemption) Rules 2003 (G.N. No. S 578/2003) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Housing and Development Board living quarter”, the following definition:
“ “industrial retail building” has the same meaning as in the Planning (Use Classes) Rules (R 2);”; and
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “temporary permission” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:
“ “warehouse retail building” has the same meaning as in the Planning (Use Classes) Rules.”.
Amendment of rule 4
3.  Rule 4 of the Planning (Temporary Development Levy — Exemption) Rules 2003 is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “paragraph (2)” in the 1st line of paragraph (1) and substituting the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
(3)  The exemption in paragraph (1) shall not apply in any development of land which involves a material change in the use of the land to an industrial retail building or a warehouse retail building.”.
Made this 22nd day of October 2004.
TAN TEE HOW
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 265/5-196; AG/LEG/SL/232/2002/1 Vol. 4]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 61(4) of the Planning Act).