Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 23 Nov 2023

No. S 753

Fire Safety Act 1993

Fire Safety
(Fire Safety Managers)
(Amendment) Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 113 of the Fire Safety Act 1993, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 24 November 2023.

Amendment of regulation 7

2. In the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations (Rg 3), in regulation 7(1), after sub‑paragraph (a), insert —

“(aa)

where the fire safety measures and fire safety practices of the premises do not comply with the requirements of the Act —

(i)	inform the owner or occupier of the premises (as the case may be) of the non‑compliance and the need to rectify the non‑compliance; and
(ii)	record in writing details of the non‑compliance and when and how the fire safety manager informed the owner or occupier, as the case may be;

(ab)

where an approval of temporary change of use mentioned in regulation 21(3) of the Fire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire Safety) Regulations (Rg 1) is issued for the premises, ensure that the owner or occupier (as the case may be) complies with any fire‑safety related condition to the approval;

(ac)

where the premises is a building for which a fire certificate is required under section 35 of the Act and there is no valid fire certificate for the building, inform the owner or occupier (as the case may be) that there is no such certificate;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 542/2013; S 407/2015; S 771/2020; S 491/2023]

Made on 27 October 2023.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[112/2/030; AG/LEGIS/SL/109A/2020/11 Vol. 1]

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