Building Control (Licensing of Builders) Regulations 2008

No. S 641

Building Control Act

(Chapter 29)

Building Control (Licensing of Builders) Regulations 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29L of the Building Control Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Licensing of Builders) Regulations 2008 and shall, with the exception of Part V, come into operation on 18th December 2008.

(2) Part V of these Regulations shall come into operation on 16th June 2009.

Definitions

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

“applicant”, in relation to an application for a licence, means the person who will be the holder of the licence if the application is granted;

“approved person”, in relation to an applicant for or a holder of a licence, means any natural person under whose charge and direction the management of the business of the applicant or holder, as the case may be, in so far it relates to general building works or specialist building works in Singapore is to be at all times;

“Authority” means the Building and Construction Authority established under the Building and Construction Authority Act (Cap. 30A);

“holder”, in relation to a licence, means the person in whose name the licence is granted;

“licence” means any of the following licences granted under Part VA of the Act:

(a)	a Class 1 general builder’s licence authorising the holder thereof to carry on the business of a general builder generally;
(b)	a Class 2 general builder’s licence authorising the holder thereof to carry on the business of a general builder in a restricted manner in accordance with section 29C(1)(b) of the Act;
(c)	a specialist builder’s licence authorising the holder thereof to carry on the business of a specialist builder for the class of specialist building works specified in the licence;

“register” means the register of licensed builders required to be kept under section 29D of the Act;

“technical controller”, in relation to an applicant for or a holder of a licence, means any natural person under whose personal supervision the execution and performance of any general building works or specialist building works in Singapore that the applicant or holder, as the case may be, undertakes is to be carried out.

Made this 5th day of December 2008.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[eReg; AG/LEG/SL/29/2002/3 Vol. 1]

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