Town Councils (Governance) Rules 2017

No. S 243

Town Councils Act

(CHAPTER 329A)

Town Councils (Governance)
Rules 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 57(1) of the Town Councils Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Town Councils (Governance) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 23 May 2017.

Definition

2. In these Rules, “Form” means a form set out in the First Schedule and a form referred to by a number means the form so numbered in that Schedule.

Form of declaration of acceptance of office or appointment

3. For the purposes of sections 9(11), 13(4), 14(10), 20(1B) and (4), and 31(5) of the Act, a declaration of acceptance of an office or an appointment of a Town Council, mentioned in the table below, must be in the form mentioned opposite in that table.

TABLE

Office or appointment

Form

Chairman

Form 1

2.	Vice‑chairman

Form 2

3.	Elected member

Form 3

4.	Appointed member

Form 4

Secretary

Form 5

6.	Relevant key officer

Form 6

7.	Committee member

Form 7

Form of register of interests

4. For the purposes of section 15(2)(a) of the Act, the secretary to a Town Council must maintain and keep a register of interests, in the form set out in the Second Schedule, for each member of the Town Council who makes a disclosure of a conflict of interest.

Allowances payable to members

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the monthly allowance payable to a chairman, vice‑chairman or any other member of a Town Council is an amount fixed by the Town Council.

(2) For the purposes of section 16(1) of the Act, the allowance paid to a chairman, vice-chairman or member of a Town Council managing a number of equivalent dwelling units specified in the Third Schedule must not exceed the amount specified in that Schedule for the office and opposite the number.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the number of equivalent dwelling units managed by a Town Council is ascertained by the formula A × number of units, where A is —

(a)	1 for residential property unit;
(b)	2 for commercial property unit; and
(c)	2 for market or food stall.

Revocation

6. The Town Councils (Allowances for Chairman and Members) Rules (R 3) are revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Rule 2

FORM 1

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE
OF CHAIRMAN OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

I, ..................................................................................................................... of .........................................................................................................................

*(a)	who under section *9(1)(a)/9(1)(b) of the Town Councils Act is chairman;

*(b)	having been appointed under section *9(3)/12(5) of the Town Councils Act to the office of chairman;

*(c)	having been appointed under section 9(7) of the Town Councils Act to act as chairman,

of the Town Council declare that I accept the office.

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

*Delete whichever is inapplicable.

FORM 2

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE
OF VICE‑CHAIRMAN OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

I, ...................................................................................................................... of ......................................................................................................................... having been appointed under section *9(5)/12(5) of the Town Councils Act to the office of vice-chairman of the Town Council declare that I accept the office.

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

*Delete whichever is inapplicable.

FORM 3

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE
OF ELECTED MEMBER OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

FORM 4

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE
OF APPOINTED MEMBER OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

*(a)	who under section 14(1) of the Town Councils Act is an appointed member;

*(b)	having been appointed under section 14(3) of the Town Councils Act as a temporary appointed member,

of the Town Council declare that I accept the office.

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

*Delete whichever is inapplicable.

FORM 5

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT
AS SECRETARY OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

FORM 6

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT
AS RELEVANT KEY OFFICER OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

I, ...................................................................................................................... of ......................................................................................................................... having been appointed under section 20(2) of the Town Councils Act as a relevant key officer (as defined under section 20(5) of that Act) of the Town Council declare that I accept the appointment as .........................................................................................................................

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

FORM 7

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT
AS COMMITTEE MEMBER OF TOWN COUNCIL

TOWN OF.....................................

To the Minister,

I, ...................................................................................................................... of ......................................................................................................................... having been appointed under section 31(5) of the Town Councils Act as a member of the .......................................................................... committee of the Town Council declare that I accept the appointment.

Dated ...........................................

Signature ........................................

This declaration was made in the presence of ...............................................

Signature ........................................

SECOND SCHEDULE

Rule 4

TOWN COUNCILS ACT
(CHAPTER 329A)

Name of member: .....................................

Designation of member: .....................................

The table below sets out the disclosure by the member, under section 15(1) of the Town Councils Act, of any conflict of interest in a question that has arisen or is about to arise before the Town Council:

S/N

Date of disclosure

Details of conflict of interest

Disclosure made to

Action taken to mitigate conflict

Notes:

1.	Under the heading “Date of disclosure”, state the date that the member made the written disclosure of the conflict of interest in a question that has arisen or is about to arise before the Town Council.

2.	Under the heading “Details of conflict of interest”, state the following:

(a)	the question to which the conflict relates to;

(b)	the fact, nature, character and extent of every personal and/or financial interest that gives rise to the conflict.

3.	Under the heading “Disclosure made to”, state whether the written disclosure has been made, under section 15(1) of the Town Councils Act, to the secretary and —

(a)

chairman;

(b)	vice-chairman; or

(c)	all other members of the Town Council.

4.	Under the heading “Action taken to mitigate conflict”, state a brief summary of every measure, if any, taken by the member and/or the Town Council to mitigate the conflict.

5.	Where a field is not applicable, state “N.A.”.

THIRD SCHEDULE

Rule 5(2)

Number of equivalent dwelling units

Monthly allowance of part‑time chairman

Monthly allowance of part‑time vice‑chairman

Monthly allowance of any other part‑time member

1.	Less than 20,000

$ 500

$ 300

$200

2.	20,000 to 40,000

$ 800

$ 500

$300

3.	40,001 to 60,000

$1,000

$ 700

$300

4.	60,001 to 80,000

$1,200

$ 900

$300

5.	More than 80,000

$1,400

$1,100

$300

Made on 19 May 2017.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 311/4-146 Pt59; AG/LEGIS/SL/329A/2015/26 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 57(3) of the Town Councils Act).