Calculation of penalty for conservancy and service charges and licence fee in arrears
2.—(1) Where any conservancy and service charges or any licence fee payable by any tenant or owner or licensee, as the case may be, to the Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh is in arrears, there shall be imposed the following penalties:
(a)
in respect of the first month in which there is an arrears, there shall be imposed a penalty calculated by adding $2 to the amount specified in the second column of the Schedule set out opposite to the amount in the first column which corresponds to the amount of the charge or fee, as the case may be, which is in arrears; and
[S 350/2000 wef 01/08/2000]
(b)
for every subsequent month in which there is an arrears, there shall be imposed on the last day of that month a penalty equivalent to the amount specified in the second column of the Schedule set out opposite to the amount in the first column which corresponds to the total accumulated amount of the charge or fee, as the case may be (but excluding any penalty) in arrears on that day.
[S 350/2000 wef 01/08/2000]
(2) The amount of $2 referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be payable only once so long as the conservancy and service charges or licence fee, as the case may be, is or continues to be in arrears.
(3) In paragraph (1) (a), “first month” means the first month following a period of at least one month where the conservancy and service charges or licence fee, as the case may be, is not in arrears.