Fire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire Safety) Regulations

PART V

FIRE CERTIFICATE

Application for fire certificate

25.—(1) An application for the issue or renewal of the fire certificate under section 35 of the Act shall be made to the Commissioner in such form as may be provided by the Commissioner and shall be accompanied by —

(a)	the prescribed fees;
(b)	such certifications as the Commissioner may require from the relevant qualified persons that they have examined the building or part thereof and that the fire safety works in the building are in good working condition and in conformity with the Act and the regulations made thereunder; and
(c)	such other information that the Commissioner may require. [S 387/2022 wef 31/12/2021]

(1A) An application for the issue of a fire certificate under paragraph (1) must be made —

(a)	where a certificate of statutory completion or a temporary occupation permit is issued in respect of the building before the building is designated to be subject to section 35 of the Act — within 12 months after the building is so designated; or [S 387/2022 wef 31/12/2021]
(b)	where a certificate of statutory completion or a temporary occupation permit is issued in respect of the building after the building is designated to be subject to section 35 of the Act — within 12 months after the date on which the certificate of statutory completion or temporary occupation permit is issued, whichever is earlier. [S 769/2020 wef 14/09/2020] [S 387/2022 wef 31/12/2021]

(2) An application for the renewal of a fire certificate under paragraph (1) shall be made at least 2 months before the expiry of the fire certificate.

(3) Where an application for the issue or renewal of a fire certificate is made under paragraph (1), the Commissioner may refuse to issue or renew the fire certificate or may issue or renew the fire certificate on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

(4) For the purpose of paragraph (1A), the date that a building is designated to be subject to section 35 of the Act is —

(a)	where the building was designated under the revoked Fire Safety (Fire Certificate) (Designated Buildings) Order 2016 (G.N. No. S 97/2016) and is designated under the Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S 766/2020) — the date that the building was designated under the revoked Fire Safety (Fire Certificate) (Designated Buildings) Order 2016; and
(b)	where the building is only designated under the Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020 — the date that the building is so designated. [S 769/2020 wef 14/09/2020] [S 387/2022 wef 31/12/2021]

(5) In this regulation, “certificate of statutory completion” and “temporary occupation permit” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989.

[S 769/2020 wef 14/09/2020]

[S 387/2022 wef 31/12/2021]

Validity of fire certificate

26. A fire certificate shall be valid for such period not exceeding 3 years as may be specified in the fire certificate and may be renewed.

[S 769/2020 wef 14/09/2020]

Revocation of fire certificate

27. The Commissioner may revoke any fire certificate where there is —

(a)	a breach of any of the terms and conditions of the certificate;
(b)	any misrepresentation of a material fact in the application for the fire certificate or accompanying plans or documents upon the basis of which the certificate was issued or renewed; or
(c)	knowledge that the fire hazards within the building or part thereof, for which the fire certificate was issued or renewed, have increased without adequate fire safety measures being taken to the satisfaction of the Commissioner.

False or inaccurate certificate

28. A qualified person who submits to the Commissioner any certification referred to in regulation 25(1)(b) which —

(a)	is false; or
(b)	without reasonable cause, contains any misrepresentation of a material fact,

shall be guilty of an offence.

29. [Deleted by S 769/2020 wef 14/09/2020]

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