Building Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Licensing of Builders
52. Power of Minister to make regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for giving effect to the provisions of this
Part and for the due administration thereof, and, in particular, for or with respect to all or any of the following —
prescribing the form and procedure for applications for a builder’s licence;
builder
“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;
varying the minimum paid-up capital of a corporation specified in section 47(3)(c) in connection with applications for a builder’s licence;
prescribing the different classes of construction foremen and construction tradesmen for the purposes of section 48;
prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of any regulations made under this section, and prescribing fines, not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment which may not exceed one year or both, that may, on conviction, be imposed in respect of any such offence;
prescribing any matter which is required under this Part to be prescribed.
prescribed
“prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.
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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;
Terms defined in this Act
builder
Defined · s 2“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;
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;
prescribed
Defined · s 42“prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.
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