Fire Safety (Exemption) (Temporary Buildings in Construction Sites) Order

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Current version
as at 28 Nov 2024

Fire Safety Act

(Chapter 109A, Section 53)

Fire Safety (Exemption) (Temporary Buildings in Construction Sites) Order

O 2

G.N. No. S 255/1997

REVISED EDITION 2008

(2nd June 2008)

[1st July 1997]

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Fire Safety (Exemption) (Temporary Buildings in Construction Sites) Order.

Definitions

2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, “builder”, “building works” and “temporary building” have the same meanings as in the Building Control Act 1989.

[S 493/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the person for whom the fire safety works are to be or have been carried out shall be read as a reference to the builder of the permanent buildings in connection with which the temporary buildings are required.

Exemption

3. Subject to the conditions specified in the Schedule, sections 55, 56 and 60 of the Act and regulation 17 of the Fire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire Safety) Regulations (Rg 1) shall not apply to fire safety works in any temporary building that is —

(a)	a worker’s quarters, site office, store, containerised energy storage system, builder’s shed or other shed; [S 758/2023 wef 24/11/2023]
(b)	required in connection with any building works relating to permanent buildings; and
(c)	situated within the boundaries of the site of the building works. [S 493/2023 wef 31/12/2021] [S 493/2023 wef 07/07/2023]

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