Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020

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No. S 766

Fire Safety Act

(CHAPTER 109A)

Fire Safety
(Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings)
Notification 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1) of the Fire Safety Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification is the Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020 and comes into operation on 14 September 2020.

Application

2. Every building in Part 2 of the Schedule is designated to be subject to section 20 of the Act.

Exempt buildings

3. Despite paragraph 2, none of the following buildings are designated to be subject to section 20 of the Act:

(a)

a building ––

(i)	that is wholly or partly occupied by the Monetary Authority of Singapore or a Singapore public sector agency defined under section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 (Act 5 of 2018); and
(ii)	where a person may not enter, or move within, without being escorted at all times by a person authorised by an entity in sub‑paragraph (i) occupying that building or a person authorised by an entity responsible for the security arrangements in that building;

(b)

a building declared as a prison or reformative training centre by the Minister for Home Affairs under section 3 of the Prisons Act (Cap. 247);

(c)

a building defined under sub-paragraph (i) of Article 1 of the First Schedule to the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act (Cap. 82A);

(d)

a building defined under paragraph 1(j) of Article 1 of the Second Schedule to the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act.

Made on 24 August 2020.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/030; AG/LEGIS/SL/109A/2015/16 Vol. 1]

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