Building Control (Periodic Inspection of Buildings and Building Façades) Regulations 2021

No. S 785

Building Control Act

(CHAPTER 29)

Building Control
(Periodic Inspection of Buildings
and Building Façades) Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 49(1) of the Building Control Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Building Control (Periodic Inspection of Buildings and Building Façades) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 1 January 2022.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appointed competent person” means a competent person appointed by the owner of a building under regulation 12, and includes a competent person appointed in replacement under regulation 13;

“appointed structural engineer” means a structural engineer appointed by the owner of a building under regulation 3, and includes a structural engineer appointed in replacement under regulation 4;

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) of the Act to be responsible for the operation of Part 5 of the Act;

“façade inspection”, in relation to a building, means an inspection of the façade of the building to identify —

(a)	any part of the façade that may be subject to excessive erosion, corrosion, wear, fatigue, stress or strain; or
(b)	any other situation or circumstance,

that may give rise to a probability of the occurrence or potential occurrence of the collapse (wholly or partly) of the façade and death or injury to individuals, or damage to other property, within or outside the building;

“façade inspection notice”, in relation to a building, means a notice given under section 28(1)(b) of the Act requiring a façade inspection of the building specified in the notice;

“façade-related working experience” means practical working experience in respect of the fabrication, installation, repair or maintenance of one or more elements of any façade of a building;

“full façade investigation” has the meaning given by regulation 15(6);

“full structural investigation” has the meaning given by regulation 6(4);

“owner”, in relation to a building, means all owners of the building if there are more than one;

“structural inspection”, in relation to a building, means an inspection of the building to ensure its structural stability or integrity;

“structural inspection notice” means a notice given under section 28(1)(a) of the Act requiring a structural inspection of a building specified in the notice;

“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

(2) Where the time specified by these Regulations for doing any act expires on a day other than a working day, the act is in time if done on the next working day.

Made on 4 October 2021.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[MND/Infra/BCA/Legislation/ Building Control (Periodic Inspection of Buildings and Building Facades) Regulations; AG/LEGIS/SL/29/2020/5 Vol. 1]

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

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