s 33E Preliminary certification of building designs
33E.—(1) A developer of any controlled works to which section 33B applies who intends to carry out any part of those works (being site formation works or other prescribed works) before the issue of a clearance certificate, may apply to the Director-General for a preliminary certificate (called in this Part a design certificate). (2) An application for a design certificate must be made to the Director-General, in the form and manner specified by the Director-General, and must be accompanied by —(a) information on the key design parameters of the controlled works specified by the Director-General; and (b) any other documents and information specified by the Director-General. (3) Subject to section 33F, the Director-General may —(a) if the key design parameters of the controlled works comply with the pollution control requirements (except any requirements that have been waived in the particular case by the Director-General), approve the application and issue a design certificate, with or without conditions; (b) give a written direction to the developer to comply with any requirement that the Director-General may specify for the purpose of ensuring that the key design parameters of the controlled works comply with specified pollution control requirements; or (c) disapprove the application. (4) If a direction given by the Director-General under subsection (3)(b) is not complied with within the period specified in that direction, or such further period as may be allowed by the Director-General, the application is, at the end of that period, deemed to be disapproved by the Director-General. (5) A design certificate —(a) is valid for such period as the Director-General may specify, which may be extended for such further period or periods as the Director-General may specify; and (b) authorises the developer to carry out, during the period of its validity, such site formation works or other prescribed works as the Director-General may specify, without the need for a clearance certificate. (6) Regulations made under section 77 may prescribe what are key design parameters of any controlled works for the purposes of this section.[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]