Land Betterment Charge (Table of Rates and Valuation Method) Regulations 2022

No. S 569

Land Betterment Charge Act 2021

Land Betterment Charge
(Table of Rates and Valuation Method)
Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 65(1) of the Land Betterment Charge Act 2021, the Minister for Law makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Land Betterment Charge (Table of Rates and Valuation Method) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 August 2022.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appropriate geographical sector”, in relation to any land, means the geographical sector set out in the plans in the Second Schedule within which the land falls;

“floor area” has the meaning given by the Planning (Development) Rules 2008 (G.N. No. S 113/2008);

“HDB” means the Housing and Development Board established by the Housing and Development Act 1959;

“land area” means the area of a development site as calculated by the competent authority from any plan submitted under section 13 of the Planning Act 1998 or section 10(4) of the predecessor Act;

“landed dwelling‑house” means a detached house, semi‑detached house, linked or terrace house or townhouse that is or is to be used wholly or mainly for the purpose of human habitation, whether or not comprised within a strata title plan registered under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;

“non-landed residential building” means a building that is or is to be used wholly or mainly for the purpose of human habitation but is not —

(a)	a strata landed dwelling-house; or
(b)	a single dwelling-house;

“rate” means the rate specified in the Second Schedule;

“strata landed dwelling-house” means a detached house, semi‑detached house, linked or terrace house or townhouse, comprised within a strata title plan, that is or is to be used wholly or mainly for the purpose of human habitation;

“strata title plan” means a strata title plan registered under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;

“temporary written permission”, in relation to a development or a subdivision of any land, means a planning permission or conservation permission granted for a specified period of 10 years or shorter;

“URA” means the Urban Redevelopment Authority established by the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act 1989;

“Use Group” means a Use Group set out in the First Schedule;

“1958 Master Plan” has the meaning given by paragraph 15(1) of the Land Betterment Charge (Concessionary Relief) Order 2022 (G.N. No. S 570/2022);

“2019 Master Plan” means the 1958 Master Plan amended —

(a)	under section 6(1) of the predecessor Act; and
(b)	under section 8(1) of the Planning Act 1998 as in force on 27 November 2019.

Made on 4 July 2022.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 09/001/2655857; AG/LEGIS/SL/152A/2020/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 65(6) of the Land Betterment Charge Act 2021).

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