No. S 781
Building Maintenance
and Strata Management Act
(CHAPTER 30C)
Building Maintenance and Strata Management
(Small Management Corporations — Exemption)
Order 2018
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 134(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order is the Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Small Management Corporations — Exemption) Order 2018 and comes into operation on 1 February 2019.
Definition
2.  In this Order, “small management corporation” means a management corporation constituted for a strata title plan with 10 or fewer lots.
Exemption from section 53(9A) disqualification
3.—(1)  An individual who is elected at a general meeting of a small management corporation as a treasurer or secretary of the small management corporation is not ineligible under section 53(9A)(a) of the Act for election or re‑election to office as a chairperson of that small management corporation.
(2)  An individual who is elected at a general meeting of a small management corporation as a chairperson or secretary of the small management corporation is not ineligible under section 53(9A)(b) of the Act for election or re‑election to office as a treasurer of that small management corporation.
(3)  An individual who is elected at a general meeting of a small management corporation as a chairperson or treasurer of the small management corporation is not ineligible under section 53(9A)(c) of the Act for election or re-election to office as a secretary of that small management corporation.
Exemption from section 53(9B) disqualification
4.  An individual in a small management corporation is not ineligible under section 53(9B) of the Act for re-election to office as a treasurer of the small management corporation.
Exemption from section 55(7) disqualification
5.—(1)  An individual who is already elected or appointed as the treasurer or secretary of the council of a small management corporation is not ineligible under section 55(7)(a) of the Act for appointment as a chairperson by the council of the small management corporation.
(2)  An individual who is already elected or appointed as the chairperson or secretary of the council of a small management corporation is not ineligible under section 55(7)(b)(i) of the Act for appointment as a treasurer by the council of the small management corporation.
(3)  An individual who is already elected or appointed as the chairperson or treasurer of the council of a small management corporation is not ineligible under section 55(7)(c) of the Act for appointment as a secretary by the council of the small management corporation.
(4)  An individual in a small management corporation is not ineligible under section 55(7)(b)(ii) of the Act for re-appointment as a treasurer of the council of the small management corporation.
Revocation
6.  The Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Exempt Treasurers) Order (O 1) is revoked.
Made on 28 November 2018.
OW FOONG PHENG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[BMSM (Amendment) Act 2017\ BMSM (Small MC — Exemption) Order 2018; AG/LEGIS/SL/30C/2015/3 Vol. 1]