# Statement on the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

- **Source:** Ministry of National Development
- **Published:** 2026-05-12T11:04:00.000Z
- **Author:** Ministry of National Development
- **Original:** https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/view/statement-on-the-statutes-miscellaneous-amendments-bill
- **Topics:** HDB & Public Housing, Government & Policy, Transactions & Deals

## Featured rationale

The statutory validation clarifies the basis for property-related administrative charges, potentially reducing uncertainty for owners, developers and buyers using these agency services.

## AI summary

Parliament passed legislation on 7 May 2026 validating agency charges including HDB transaction-approval fees and BCA expedited building-inspection and Temporary Occupation Permit fees.

## Original article

On 7 May 2026, Parliament passed the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill ( the “Bill”).

Among other things, the Bill validated various fees and charges of certain agencies, including the following:
(a) Fees for expedited inspection of buildings and processing of Temporary Occupation Permits, as well as search and copying fees for structural building plans by BCA;
(b) Fees for expedited processing of certain licences and permits, and fees for species certification by NParks;
(c) Administrative fees by HDB for compulsory acquisition cases, and fees to seek HDB’s approval to carry out various transactions (e.g. resale, transfer, subletting);
(d) Recovery of expenses by HDB and URA for immobilisation, towage and detention or storage of illegally parked vehicles.

These fees and charges were to recover operational costs incurred by the agencies in providing these services. The fees and charges were publicly known and properly administered.

In their Facebook post dated 12 May 2026, the Workers' Party (WP) has queried whether these fees were illegally collected in the past.

The Government’s position is that the fees and charges were legally and properly collected.

As these fees and charges were for carrying out statutory and regulatory functions, the Government has also acknowledged that it would be better to provide for them in legislation, even though the agencies can prescribe such fees, without such legislation.

## Chinese translation

> Translation model: grok_cli

### 关于《法规（杂项修订）法案》的声明

2026年5月7日，国会通过了《法规（杂项修订）法案》（下称“该法案”）。

除其他事项外，该法案确认了若干机构各项费用与收费的效力，包括以下各项：
（a）由建设局（BCA）收取的加快建筑物检查及临时占用准证（Temporary Occupation Permit）处理费用，以及结构建筑图则的检索与复印费用；
（b）由国家公园局（NParks）收取的加快处理若干执照与准证的费用，以及物种认证费用；
（c）由建屋发展局（HDB）就强制征用案件收取的行政费用，以及就进行各类交易（例如转售、转让、分租）寻求HDB批准的费用；
（d）由HDB和市区重建局（URA）就非法停放车辆的固定、拖吊及扣留或存放所产生费用的追讨。

这些费用与收费旨在收回机构提供相关服务所产生的营运成本。有关费用与收费为公众所知，并经妥善施行。

工人党（WP）在2026年5月12日的Facebook帖文中，质疑这些费用过去是否属于非法收取。

政府的立场是，这些费用与收费是合法且妥善收取的。

由于这些费用与收费是为履行法定和监管职能而设，政府也承认，尽管机构可在没有有关立法的情况下规定此类费用，但最好仍在法例中作出规定。