Town Councils (Chargeable Uses) Rules 2025

No. S 264

Town Councils Act 1988

Town Councils
(Chargeable Uses) Rules 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 82(1) of the Town Councils Act 1988, the Minister for National Development makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules are the Town Councils (Chargeable Uses) Rules 2025 and come into operation on 10 April 2025.

Chargeable uses for social or recreational purposes

2.  For the purposes of section 21(1)(d)(i) and (ii) of the Act, a Town Council may set such charges as the Town Council from time to time thinks fit for any use —

(a) for a social or recreational purpose specified in the First Schedule —

(i) of any common property within the Town of the Town Council mentioned in paragraph (e), (f) or (h) of the definition of “common property” in section 2(1) of the Act, or any part of that common property; or

(ii) of any improvement made by the Town Council to that common property, including any barbecue pit; or

(b) for the purpose of recreational gardening —

(i) of any common property within the Town of the Town Council that is a garden subdivided into plots, each of which is allotted, for a specified period under a written agreement, for the use of a resident of the Town in which the garden is located; or

(ii) of any improvement made by the Town Council to that common property.

Other chargeable uses

3.—(1)  For the purposes of section 21(1)(d)(i) and (ii) of the Act, a Town Council may set such charges as the Town Council from time to time thinks fit for any use specified in the Second Schedule —

(a) of any common property within the Town of the Town Council or any part of that common property; or

(b) of any improvement made by the Town Council to that common property.

(2)  Despite paragraph (1), a Town Council may not set any charge for any use mentioned in that paragraph, by or on behalf of the Government, the Board or a statutory authority, in the exercise, performance or discharge of any power, function or duty that the Government, the Board or the statutory authority (as the case may be) is required or authorised by written law to exercise, perform or discharge.

Chargeable uses of services

4.  For the purposes of section 21(1)(d)(iii) of the Act, a Town Council may set such charges as the Town Council from time to time thinks fit for the use of any of the following services provided by the Town Council:

(a) provision of any security escort to access common property within the Town of the Town Council that is not accessible to the general public;

(b) removal of renovation debris or any other bulky waste item from any flat in any residential property within the Town of the Town Council;

(c) provision of any skip, container or bin within the Town of the Town Council for the disposal of renovation debris or any other bulky waste item;

(d) publication of any advertisement in a publication of the Town Council, other than an advertisement by or on behalf of the Government, the Board or a statutory authority, in the exercise, performance or discharge of any power, function or duty that the Government, the Board or the statutory authority (as the case may be) is required or authorised by written law to exercise, perform or discharge;

(e) supply of electricity and water to a user of common property within the Town of the Town Council.

Revocation

5.  Revoke the Town Councils (Use of Common Property) Rules 2005 (G.N. No. S 99/2005).

Saving provision

6.  Despite rule 5, if, immediately before 10 April 2025, a Town Council imposes, under an agreement with the Singapore Civil Defence Force, a charge for the installation of a public warning system on roof tops by the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Town Council may, for a period of 6 months starting on that date, continue to impose such a charge under that agreement as if rule 2(1)(d)(vii) of the Town Councils (Use of Common Property) Rules 2005 had not been revoked.

Made on 7 April 2025.

MELVYN ONG SU KIAT

Permanent Secretary (Development),
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[311/04-146P102; AG/LEGIS/SL/329A/2020/29]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 82(3) of the Town Councils Act 1988).