Section 5A — Deviations from approved building plans

(1)Where the plans of any building works or proposed building works have been approved by the Commissioner of Building Control under section 5(3)(a) and the developer of the building works intends to depart or deviate from the plans approved, the developer must apply to the Commissioner of Building Control for his or her approval of the amended plans showing the proposed departure or deviation.[47/2007]

(2)An application under subsection (1) must be accompanied by —

(a)the amended plans of the building works prepared in accordance with the building regulations by the appropriate qualified person mentioned in section 5(2)

(b)(i) or (ii) or both, as the case may be; (aa) the names and prescribed particulars of —

(i)the appropriate qualified person whom the developer or builder of the building works has appointed to prepare the amended plans; and

(ii)where the building works comprise wholly or partly any geotechnical building works, the geotechnical engineer whom the developer or builder of the building works has appointed to prepare the amended plans relating to the geotechnical aspects of those geotechnical building works;[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023] (b) in the case of major building works, a certificate from the following accredited checkers:

(i)a certificate by an accredited checker stating that he or she has checked the amended plans relating to those building works and that, to the best of the accredited checker’s knowledge and belief, the amended plans so checked do not show any inadequacy in the key structural elements of the building to be erected or affected by those building works; and

(ii)where the building works comprise wholly or partly of any geotechnical building works, a certificate by a specialist accredited checker (who may or may not be the same accredited checker mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i)) stating that the specialist accredited checker has checked the amended geotechnical aspects of the geotechnical building works and that, to the best of the specialist accredited checker’s knowledge and belief, there is no inadequacy in the geotechnical aspects relating to those geotechnical building works; [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]

(c)the certificate (in the form prescribed) signed by the qualified person appointed to prepare the amended plans of those building works, certifying that the qualified person prepared those amended plans; and[47/2007; 22/2012] [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]

(d)any other documents prescribed in the building regulations.[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]

(3)The first approval granted under section 5 of any plans of building works ends and is superseded to the extent that the amended plans relating to those same building works are approved under this section (whether or not the approval also relates to other building works).[47/2007]