Building Control (Exempt Military Buildings and Building Works) Order 2008

No. S 521

Building Control Act

(Chapter 29)

Building Control (Exempt Military Buildings and Building Works) Order 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Building Control Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Building Control (Exempt Military Buildings and Building Works) Order 2008 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 15th February 2008.

Definition

2.  In this Order, “building” does not include part of a building.

Exempt buildings

3.  Every building ––

(a) that is owned by the Government for the purposes of the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces; and

(b) that is ––

(i) marked or classified by the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces other than as “Restricted” in their documents or maps; or

(ii) situated within any area that is marked or classified by the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces as “Secret” or “Confidential” in their documents or maps,

shall be exempt from all of the provisions of the Act.

Exempt building works

4.  All building works that are carried out ––

(a) by or on behalf of the Government for the purposes of the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces; and

(b) on or in relation to any building referred to in paragraph 3,

shall be exempt from all of the provisions of the Act.

Made this 17th day of October 2008.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[eReg; AG/LEG/SL/29/2002/6 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 52 of the Building Control Act).