Building Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Retrofitting of Exterior Features
27. Application and interpretation
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
This Part applies to all exterior features on any building except —
building
“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;
exterior features on any detached house, semi-detached house, terrace house or linked house, none of which are comprised in any strata title plan; and
exterior features located on the lowest level of any building.
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“applicable date”, in relation to an exterior feature, means such date as is prescribed under section 29 to be the applicable date for that exterior feature;
exterior feature
“exterior feature”, in relation to any building, means any of the following features that is permanent or temporary and is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of the building — (a) any air-conditioning unit, including any window air-conditioning unit and any condensing equipment of an air-conditioning unit; (b) any window, with or without movable parts; (c) any grille or shutter, with or without movable parts; (d) any tile, cladding, curtain wall, siding, plaster, bracket or cornice; (e) any gutter, rainwater down-pipe, or part of the roof; (f) any awning or sun-shading device; (g) such other feature that is permanent or temporary and is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of any building as the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare to be an exterior feature for the purposes of this Act;
“grace period”, in relation to an exterior feature, means such period starting from the applicable date for the exterior feature and ending after such time as is prescribed under section 29 for that exterior feature;
prescribed
“prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.
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“prescribed age”, in relation to an exterior feature, means such age as is prescribed under section 29 to be the prescribed age for that exterior feature.
Terms defined in this Act
building
Defined · s 2“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;
exterior feature
Defined · s 2“exterior feature”, in relation to any building, means any of the following features that is permanent or temporary and is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of the building — (a) any air-conditioning unit, including any window air-conditioning unit and any condensing equipment of an air-conditioning unit; (b) any window, with or without movable parts; (c) any grille or shutter, with or without movable parts; (d) any tile, cladding, curtain wall, siding, plaster, bracket or cornice; (e) any gutter, rainwater down-pipe, or part of the roof; (f) any awning or sun-shading device; (g) such other feature that is permanent or temporary and is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of any building as the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare to be an exterior feature for the purposes of this Act;
prescribed
Defined · s 42“prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.
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