Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2020

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No. S 768
Fire Safety Act
(CHAPTER 109A)
Fire Safety
(Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and
Company Emergency Response Team)
Notification 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(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 (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2020 and comes into operation on 14 September 2020.
Application
2.—(1)  Every building in Part 2 of the Schedule is, with effect from the date a certificate of statutory completion or temporary occupation permit is issued in respect of the building (whichever is earlier), specified to be premises subject to section 38 of the Act.
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(2)  In sub‑paragraph (1), “certificate of statutory completion” and “temporary occupation permit” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989.
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Cancellation
3.  The Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2013 (G.N. No. S 537/2013) is cancelled.
THE SCHEDULE
Paragraph 2(1)
Part 1
definitions
1.  In this Schedule —
“boarding premises” and “foreign employee” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;
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“convalescent home” means a building that is used or intended to be used for the reception and lodging of, and the provision of nursing or rehabilitative care for, persons —
(a)who are suffering or convalescing from any sickness, injury, infirmity or incapacity; and
(b)who are unable to care for their own needs and safety without assistance from other persons,
and includes a disability home and a nursing home;
“foreign employee dormitory” means boarding premises that provide accommodation to foreign employees, but does not include any premises specified in section 3(2) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;
“hospital” means —
(a)a building that is used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment; or
(b)a convalescent home;
“industrial building” means a building that is used wholly or mainly for —
(a)the manufacture of goods or materials or the subjection of goods or materials to any process, including any research or development for any manufacturing trade or business;
(b)the purposes of any water, gas, telecommunication, electricity or other industrial undertaking, including research and development for any such industrial undertaking;
(c)the inspection, assessment and servicing of vehicles;
(d)the housing of computer systems and associated components; or
(e)the storage, warehousing or deposit of goods and materials;
“occupant load”, in relation to a building, means the number of persons who may safely occupy the building at any one time, determined in accordance with Chapter 1 of the Fire Code.
Part 2
PREMISES subject to SECTION 38 of act
1.  A public building that —
(a)has 9 storeys or more (including any basement);
(b)has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
(c)has a floor area of 5,000 square metres or more,
excluding any building specified in paragraph 3 of the Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S 766/2020).
2.  An industrial building that —
(a)has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
(b)has a floor area or site area of 5,000 square metres or more.
3.  A foreign employee dormitory that —
(a)has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
(b)has a floor area or site area of 5,000 square metres or more.
4.  A hospital.
5.  The building known as “Building C” that is located in the area shaded in the map set out in the First Schedule to the Fire Safety (World Championships Arena — Exemption) Order 2025 (G.N. No. S 607/2025).
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6.  A building in respect of which paragraph 3 of the Fire Safety (Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2025 — Exemption) Order 2025 (G.N. No. S 485/2025) applies.
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7.  A building in respect of which paragraph 3 of the Fire Safety (Singapore Air Show 2026 — Exemption) Order 2025 (G.N. No. S 697/2025) applies.
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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/2015/7 Vol. 1]

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