2. The Schedule to the Building Control Act is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:| BUILDING WORKS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL OF PLANS OF BUILDING WORKS OR a PERMIT TO CARRY OUT BUILDING WORKS |
1. Building works carried out for or in connection with —| (a) | any retaining wall, or earth retaining structure, with a visible height of not more than 1,000 mm; | | (b) | any boundary wall, boundary fence or gate; | | (c) | any awning, windowhood or cantilevered roof constructed of glazed or clay tiles, and having a projection not exceeding 1,400 mm; | | (d) | any awning, windowhood or cantilevered roof constructed of lightweight material, and having a horizontal projection not exceeding 3,000 mm; | | (e) | any single storey trellis, pergola, shelter, gazebo and the like; | | (f) | any canal or drain not exceeding 1,500 mm in depth; | | (g) | any box culvert with a span not exceeding 5,000 mm and a depth not exceeding 1,500 mm; | | (h) | any stall or shed of lightweight material within any premises used for the purpose of holding a trade fair, fun fair or any exhibition; | | (i) | any pipe rack or support not exceeding 2,000 mm in height; | | (j) | any height restriction gantry; | | (k) | any concrete or brick vault used for housing underground tanks; | | (l) | any plinth, platform or other base with a visible height not exceeding 1,000 mm from the ground level and erected for the purpose of supporting any mechanical plant, tank, equipment, machinery or other components (other than a building); | | (m) | the enclosing of a balcony, yard or terrace with windows and glass panels in residential buildings; | | (n) | the creation of any opening in a non-load bearing wall or the sealing up of any wall opening; or | | (o) | the demolition, restoration or reinstatement of any non-load bearing wall. |
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| 2. Replacement or changing of windows and doors. |
| 3. Replacement of existing floor and wall finishes. |
| 4. Replacement or changing of any false ceiling with lightweight materials. |
| 5. One to one replacement of timber roof and roof covering. |
6. Erection or alteration of —| (a) | any partition or partition wall in any bungalow, semi-detached, terrace or linked house; or | | (b) | any partition or partition wall constructed of lightweight material in any other building. |
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| 7. Construction of any raised floor, or the topping up of balconies, and the like, with lightweight materials. |
| 8. Erection of any single storey detached booth, kiosk, guardhouse, bin centre, and the like, not exceeding an area of 10 square metres. |
| 9. Installation of any roller shutter or grilled door. |
| 10. Erection of any single storey lean-to extension with roof covering of glazed or clay tiles, or of any lighter material, in any bungalow, semi-detached, terrace or linked house, subject to compliance with building set-back and area of coverage requirements under the Planning Act (Cap. 232). |
| 11. Erection of any single storey shed or hut not exceeding an area of 10 square metres for housing fuel tanks, mechanical or electrical equipment. |
12. All air-conditioning works except that in the case of any window air-conditioning unit, or any condensing equipment of an air-conditioning unit, that is installed —| (a) | on the exterior of a building (other than a bungalow, semi-detached, terraced or linked house); or | | (b) | in such a manner that a part of such unit or equipment projects outwards from a building (other than a bungalow, semi-detached, terraced or linked house), |
| the unit or equipment, as the case may be, must be supported by a structural supporting system installed on the exterior of the building by a trained worker, and the unit or equipment must be affixed to the structural supporting system by a trained worker. |
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| 13. Nothing in this Schedule shall exempt any person from complying with the requirements of any other written law. |
14. In this Schedule —| “Construction Industry Development Board” means the Construction Industry Development Board established by the Construction Industry Development Board Act (Cap. 51); |
“lightweight material” means —| (a) | any sheet or board material such as timber board, plywood, fibreboard, plasterboard, aluminium sheet, corrugated metal sheet or polycarbonate sheet; | | (b) | any concrete product made with lightweight aggregates such as pumice, perlite or vermiculite; or | | (c) | any hollow concrete block, hollow glass block, autoclaved aerated concrete block and the like; |
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| “non-load bearing wall” means a wall which supports no load other than its own weight; |
| “partition” means a temporary or easily removable vertical panel of lightweight construction for the subdivision of spaces within a building; |
“trained worker” means a person who holds a certificate issued by the Construction Industry Development Board for installing a structural supporting system to support a window air-conditioning unit or a condensing unit that is installed —| (a) | on the exterior of a building; or | | (b) | in such a manner that a part of such unit or equipment projects outwards from a building.”. |
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