Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 11 Sep 2020

No. S 770

Fire Safety Act

(CHAPTER 109A)

Fire Safety
(Emergency Response Plan)
(Amendment) Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Fire Safety Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 14 September 2020.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations (Rg 4) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “designated premises” and substituting the following definition:

“ “designated premises” means any premises designated in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S 767/2020);”; and

(b)

by deleting the definition of “specified premises” and substituting the following definition:

“ “specified premises” means any premises specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S 768/2020).”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)	prepare an Emergency Response Plan for the premises within 6 months after the date the premises become designated premises;”.

Transitional provision

4.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(a) of the Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations as in force on 14 September 2020, despite the Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S 767/2020) as in force on 14 September 2020, the date that any premises specified in paragraph (2) become designated premises is taken to be 13 March 2021.

(2) The premises to which paragraph (1) applies are any designated premises —

(a)	in respect of which a certificate of statutory completion or temporary occupation permit is issued before 14 September 2020; and
(b)	that are not designated under the cancelled Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2013 (G.N. No. S 583/2013) as in force immediately before 14 September 2020.

(3) In this regulation, “certificate of statutory completion” and “temporary occupation permit” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act (Cap. 29).

[G.N. No. S 539/2013]

Made on 24 August 2020.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/030; AG/LEGIS/SL/109A/2015/17 Vol. 1]

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