Section 25B — Duty to notify reportable matters

(1)A person mentioned in subsection (2) must notify the Commissioner of Building Control, within the time and by the means prescribed in the building regulations, of —

(a)that reportable matter; and

(b)the prescribed particulars about the reportable matter that are known to the person.

(2)The persons required by subsection (1) to notify any reportable matter are as follows:

(a)where the reportable matter is a reportable safety incident involving an exterior feature of a building —

(i)a person responsible for the exterior feature who is aware of the reportable safety incident;

(ii)a person who is authorised to carry out any retrofitting of that exterior feature for the purposes of Part 3 and who becomes aware of the reportable safety incident while performing the retrofitting;[Act 15 of 2026 wef 01/07/2026]

(iii)a builder or supervisor (including a consultant) of building works related to the building who becomes aware of the reportable safety incident while carrying out or supervising the building works; or

(iv)a person appointed to carry out an inspection of the building for the purpose of Part 5 who becomes aware of the reportable safety incident while carrying out the inspection;[Act 15 of 2026 wef 01/07/2026]

(b)where the reportable matter is a reportable safety incident involving a fixed installation —

(i)a fixed installation owner of that fixed installation who is aware of the reportable safety incident; or

(ii)a person who last carried out maintenance works on the fixed installation (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 21 of the Building Control (Amendment) Act 2020) before the happening of the reportable safety incident, and who becomes aware of the reportable safety incident;

(c)where the reportable matter is a reportable safety risk involving a building product used in a building —

(i)a person who manufactures or assembles the building product in Singapore;

(ii)a person who imports the building product for sale or use in a building in Singapore;

(iii)a builder or supervisor (including a consultant) of building works using the building product for that building, who becomes aware of the reportable safety risk while carrying out or supervising those building works;

(iv)a person appointed to carry out an inspection of the building for the purpose of Part 5 who becomes aware while carrying out the inspection that the building product has been used in the building;[Act 15 of 2026 wef 01/07/2026]

(v)a person who carries out maintenance works on the building product (on or after the date of commencement of section 21 of the Building Control (Amendment) Act 2020) who becomes aware of the reportable safety risk while carrying out those works;

(vi)if the building affected by the building product is a fixed installation, any of the following:(A) a fixed installation owner of the fixed installation; (B) a person who carries out fixed installation works or maintenance works on the fixed installation (on or after the date of commencement of section 21 of the Building Control (Amendment) Act 2020) who becomes aware of the reportable safety risk posed while carrying out those works; (C) a person appointed to carry out an inspection of the fixed installation required by the building regulations, who becomes aware of the reportable safety risk posed while carrying out the inspection; or

(vii)an owner or occupier of the building who is aware that the building product has been used in the building and of the reportable safety risk posed.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), it does not matter that the building product was used in a building before the building product became the subject of a reportable safety risk.

(4)However, subsection (1) does not apply if a person required to notify a reportable matter under that subsection knows that another person similarly required has, or other such persons have, already notified that reportable matter to the Commissioner of Building Control with all the particulars required by that subsection.[Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025]