Section 42AA — Use of electronic service for making applications, etc.

(1)The Commissioner of Building Control may permit an application to or a lodgment with him or her under this Act to be made through an electronic service that is —

(a)administered by a public authority to facilitate the sending of documents under this Act and any other written law in connection with building works; and

(b)prescribed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

(2)Where a person uses the electronic service mentioned in subsection (1) to make an application to or a lodgment with the Commissioner of Building Control, the Commissioner of Building Control may serve on the person any acknowledgment, approval, certificate, direction, notice, permit or other document in connection with the application or lodgment, by sending it to the person’s account with the electronic service.

(3)Service of a document on a person under subsection (2) takes effect at the time when an electronic record of the document reaches the person’s account with the electronic service.

(4)This section applies despite anything to the contrary in this Act.

(5)In this section, “electronic record” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010.[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]