11. Tests of and in connection with building works

Terms defined in this Act

• Authority

  Authority

  Defined · s 2

  “Authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder, means any Authority appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the administration of this Act or that Part or provision or regulations made thereunder, as the case may be;

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• builder

  builder

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  “builder” means any person who undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out any building works for his own account, or for or on behalf of another person (referred to in this definition as A), but does not include any person who contracts with a builder for the execution by that person of the whole or any part of any building works undertaken by the builder for or on behalf of A under a contract entered into by the builder with A;

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• building

  building

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  “building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure; (b) a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (c) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (d) a dock, wharf or jetty; (e) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (f) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (g) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (h) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;

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• building regulations

  building regulations

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  “building regulations” means any regulations made under section 74;

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• building works

  building works

  Defined · s 2

  “building works” means — (a) the erection, extension or demolition of a building; (b) the alteration, addition or repair of a building; (c) the provision, extension or alteration of any air-conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building; (d) site formation works (which includes earthworks such as any act of excavation, levelling, cutting and filling with any material, piling, the construction of foundations, or site clearance, on any land, or any other act of dealing with or disturbing any land) which may or may not be connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c); and (e) structural works.

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• developer

  developer

  Defined · s 2

  “developer”, in relation to any building works, means the person for whom or on whose behalf the building works are carried out;

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• prescribed

  prescribed

  Defined · s 42

  “prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.

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• qualified person

  qualified person

  Defined · s 2

  “qualified person” means a person who is registered as — (a) an architect under the Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Order, 2011 and has in force a practising certificate issued under section 25 of that Order; or (b) a professional engineer under the Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Order, 2011 and has in force a practising certificate issued under section 25 of that Order;

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• site supervisor

  site supervisor

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  “site supervisor” means a person appointed (whether alone or as a member of a team of site supervisors) under section 14 to be a site supervisor in respect of any small-scale or large building works;

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