Building Control (Buildability and Productivity) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Nov 2015

No. S 729

Building Control Act

(CHAPTER 29)

Building Control
(Buildability and Productivity)
(Amendment No. 3)
Regulations 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 of the Building Control Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Buildability and Productivity) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 and come into operation on 1 December 2015.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Building Control (Buildability and Productivity) Regulations 2011 (G.N. No. S 199/2011) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “biometric authentication system”, the following definition:

“ “accredited”, in relation to a fabrication facility or a fabrication method, means that the fabrication facility or the fabrication method is accredited by a body specified in the Code of Practice;”; and

(b)

by deleting the definitions of “prefabricated bathroom unit” and “prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “prefabricated bathroom unit” means a bathroom unit (complete with finishes for walls and floors) which is —

(a)	constructed and assembled; or
(b)	manufactured and assembled,

in an accredited fabrication facility, in accordance with any accredited fabrication method, and then installed in a building under building works;

“prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction” means a construction method whereby freestanding volumetric modules (complete with finishes for walls, floors and ceilings) are —

(a)	constructed and assembled; or
(b)	manufactured and assembled,

in an accredited fabrication facility, in accordance with any accredited fabrication method, and then installed in a building under building works;”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

3. The Second Schedule to the Building Control (Buildability and Productivity) Regulations 2011 is amended —

(a)

by deleting item 4 and substituting the following item:

“

4.	Standard floor height

Use as —

(a)	a residential (non-landed) building;

(b)	an office building; or

(c)	a hotel building

”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 5, the following items:

“

6.	Precast household shelter

Use as a residential (non-landed) building

7.	Welded mesh for cast-on-site concrete floor

All categories of building use

8.	Prefabricated and pre-insulated duct for air-conditioning system

All categories of building use

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 522/2013; S 729/2014; S 252/2015; S 572/2015]

Made on 27 November 2015.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[202/01-073 Vol. 12; AG/LEGIS/SL/29/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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

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