Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020

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 35 of the Act.

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Exempt buildings

3.  Despite paragraph 2, none of the following buildings are designated to be subject to section 35 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; and

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(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 1933;

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(c) a building defined under sub-paragraph (i) of Article 1 of the First Schedule to the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act 2005;

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(d) a building defined under paragraph 1(j) of Article 1 of the Second Schedule to the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act 2005.

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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]