Building Control (Temporary Buildings) Regulations 2018

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1 Citation and commencement

3 Maximum period that temporary building is permitted to be used

5 Application of Part

6 Permission required to erect and use temporary building

7 Application for temporary building permit

8 Preliminary approval in respect of permit

9 Duties of professional engineer

10 Duties of builder

12 Extension of permit

13 Lapsing of preliminary approval

14 Revocation of preliminary approval or permit

15 No refund of fees

16 Demolition of temporary building

17 One-storey workers’ quarters or site offices, etc.

18 2-storey and 3-storey workers’ quarters, etc.

19 Protective structures required for temporary building works

20 Requirements relating to protective structures

22 Revocation and saving

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Regulation 4(a)

Temporary buildings to which these
regulations do not apply

1. Any tentage —

(a)	that is used for a duration not exceeding 60 days;
(b)	the area of which does not exceed 2,000 m²; and
(c)	in respect of which no span of any element of the tentage exceeds 18 m.

2. Any stage that is used —

(a)	for a duration not exceeding 7 days; and
(b)	for or in connection with the holding of any wedding, entertainment, funeral or religious ceremony.

3. Any frame, panel, hoarding, board or other structure —

(a)

in the case of a structure that is capable of standing on its own on the ground, a roof or any horizontal plane (whether or not it is affixed to the horizontal plane on one or more supports), where —

(i)	every part of the structure is less than 4 m from the horizontal plane on which that part of the structure stands; and
(ii)	the side of the structure with the largest surface area does not exceed 10 m² in area; and

(b)

in any other case, where the side of the structure with the largest surface area does not exceed 10 m² in area.

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