Town Council of Nee Soon (Penalties for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws 2015

No. S 812

Town Councils Act

(CHAPTER 329A)

Town Council of Nee Soon
(Penalties for Late Payment of
Conservancy and Service Charges)
By-laws 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(2)(c) of the Town Councils Act, the Town Council for the Town of Nee Soon makes the following By-laws:

Citation and commencement

1.  These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Nee Soon (Penalties for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws 2015 and come into operation on 1 January 2016.

Definition

2.  In these By-laws, “Town Council” means the Town Council for the Town of Nee Soon.

Calculation of penalties for conservancy and service charges in arrears

3.  Where —

(a) any conservancy and service charges payable by any tenant or owner to the Town Council are in arrears for one month or more; and

(b) the total accumulated amount of conservancy and service charges in arrears is not less than the amount of monthly conservancy and service charges payable by the tenant or owner,

the tenant or owner is liable to pay for every month after the first month in which there are arrears a penalty at the appropriate rate set out in the Schedule.

Application of payment

4.  The Town Council may, in its discretion, apply any moneys paid by any tenant or owner under these By-laws ––

(a) first towards the payment of the amount of any penalty payable under these By-laws; and

(b) if any balance remains, towards the payment of any amount of conservancy and service charge (or any part of it) which is in arrears.

Remission

5.  The Town Council may, in its discretion, remit wholly or in part any penalty payable under these By-laws.

Revocation

6.  The Town Council of Nee Soon (Penalties for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws 2013 (G.N. No. S 316/2013) are revoked.

Saving and transitional

7.  Where any penalty has been imposed under the revoked Town Council of Nee Soon (Penalties for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws 2013 and remains unpaid on 31 December 2015, that penalty remains payable as if it had been imposed by the Town Council under these By-laws.

THE SCHEDULE

By-law 3

First column		Second column
Type of property		Penalty (per month)
1. 1-room flat		$1
2. 2-room flat		$2
3. 3-room flat		$3
4. 3-room Design-Build-and-Sell Scheme flat		$3
5. 4-room flat		$4
6. 4-room Design-Build-and-Sell Scheme flat		$4
7. 5-room flat		$5
8. 5-room Design-Build-and-Sell Scheme flat		$5
9. 3rd-generation Flat		$5
10. Executive apartment or maisonette		$6
11. Multi-generation (Type A Flat)		$6
12. Multi-generation (Type B Flat)		$6
13. Civil defence shelter, eating establishments and commercial properties including shoplets, kiosks, banks and offices		(a) $10 where the monthly conservancy and service charges payable do not exceed $100. (b) $50 where the monthly conservancy and service charges payable are more than $100 but do not exceed $1,000. (c) $200 where the monthly conservancy and service charges payable are more than $1,000.
14. Stall —
(a) Cooked food stall		$20
(b) Fruit, preserved and dried goods, fresh fish and seafood, meat or poultry stall		$10
(c) Vegetable, bean curd and noodle, egg, ground assorted spices or miscellaneous stall		$10
(d) Piece and sundry stall		$10
15. Premises for use for social and other purposes		Nil

Made on 28 December 2015.

NG KOK KWANG, LOUIS

Chairman,
The Town Council for
the Town of Nee Soon,
Singapore.

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