Town Councils (Disbursement of Moneys from Sinking Fund) Rules

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Town Councils Act

(Chapter 329A, Sections 33(6)(a)(v) and 51)

Town Councils (Disbursement of Moneys from Sinking Fund) Rules

R 5

REVISED EDITION 1998

(15th June 1998)

[27th February 1998]

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Town Councils (Disbursement of Moneys from Sinking Fund) Rules.

Improvement works for privatised estates

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 33(6)(a)(v) of the Act, a Town Council may disburse moneys from any of its sinking funds that is not a lift replacement fund to meet expenses or liabilities properly attributable to that sinking fund in respect of any of the following improvement works to be carried out in any approved housing estate within the Town which the Town Council manages and maintains:

(a)	building a boundary wall or fence and erecting or installing a name-plate;
(b)	building a guard house;
(c)	installing a security access system; or
(d)	setting up an office for use by a management corporation constituted or to be constituted in relation to one or more buildings within the Town. [S 360/2000 wef 07/08/2000]

[S 187/2017 wef 01/05/2017]

(2) A housing estate of the Board, or any part thereof, shall be an approved housing estate for the purposes of these Rules if and only if —

(a)	the estate or part thereof is situated on any land to which section 126A of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158) applies; and
(b)	the owners of not less than 75% of the total number of flats comprised in the buildings within the housing estate or part thereof agree to lodge an application with the Board under section 126(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158).

Works for housing estates of Board

3. For the purposes of section 33(6)(a)(v) of the Act, a Town Council may disburse moneys from any of its sinking funds that is not a lift replacement fund to meet expenses or liabilities properly attributable to that sinking fund in respect of any of the following works to be carried out for the benefit of residents in the housing estates of the Board within the Town which the Town Council manages and maintains:

(a)

installation of any sensor and starter controller to the time-controlled booster pumping system;

[S 235/2001 wef 01/05/2001]

(b)

[Deleted by S 187/2017 wef 01/05/2017]

(c)

special upgrading works carried out by the Board under Part IVA of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) other than work necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift within or in relation to any building or part thereof;

[S 154/2002 wef 15/04/2002]

[S 187/2017 wef 01/05/2017]

(d)

repairs to the external finishes and cladding of any external wall of any building, managed and maintained by the Town Council, in order to prevent or remove any potential or actual danger to life or property;

[S 154/2002 wef 15/04/2002]

(e)

[Deleted by S 187/2017 wef 01/05/2017]

(f)

installation before 30th November 2012 of any bolt and stainless steel bracket to the inspection cover of any water storage tank on common property in order to secure access to that water storage tank in accordance with any regulations made under the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261);

[S 458/2011 wef 10/08/2011]

[S 171/2012 wef 01/05/2012]

(g)

purchase made before 30th November 2012 of any non-duplicable lockset in order to ensure that any water storage tank on common property, and the premises where that water storage tank and its ancillary equipment are located, are kept in accordance with any regulations made under the Public Utilities Act;

[S 458/2011 wef 10/08/2011]

[S 171/2012 wef 01/05/2012]

(h)

replacement of any alarm system installed in any residential property comprising wholly or in part of studio apartments, and which is intended for use by any resident living in a studio apartment to request for emergency or special assistance, where the improvement works are commenced on or after 29th July 2013;

[S 456/2013 wef 29/07/2013]

(i)

[Deleted by S 187/2017 wef 01/05/2017]

(j)

replacement of any standby generator set, fire control panel, fire pump, pressure tank or heat detector, of any fire‑fighting and protection system installed in any commercial property, where the replacement works are commenced on or after 11th April 2014;

[S 282/2014 wef 11/04/2014]

(k)

rectification or replacement works (to be completed before 1 January 2016) to any float-operated valve with a pilot mechanism in any potable water storage tank on common property, in accordance with any regulations made under the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261);

[S 684/2014 wef 03/10/2014]

[S 235/2001 wef 01/05/2001]

[S 424/2015 wef 30/04/2015]

[S 493/2015 wef 17/08/2015]

(l)

construction of any new lift opening together with lift landing (where necessary to access to or exit from the new lift opening) for any existing lift;

[S 493/2015 wef 17/08/2015]

[S 401/2016 wef 23/08/2016]

(m)

replacement of any of the following:

(i)	any automatic refuse chute flushing system;
(ii)	any control panel of any automatic refuse chute flushing system;
(iii)	any refuse handling equipment of any centralised refuse chute system;
(iv)	any pneumatic waste conveyance system;
(v)	any part or component of any pneumatic waste conveyance system.

[S 401/2016 wef 23/08/2016]

[S 187/2017 wef 01/05/2017]

[G.N. No. S 86/98]

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