Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 · Updated to 2 Mar 2016 · Part I · Preliminary
4. Appointment of Controller, Deputy Controllers, Inspectors and other officers and servants
Feedback & supportFor the purpose of this Act, the Minister may appoint a Controller of Housing and such number of Deputy Controllers of Housing, Inspectors of Housing and other officers and servants as the Minister may deem fit from amongst members of the public service.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Housing appointed under section 4;
The Controller and Deputy Controllers shall have and may exercise any of the powers conferred on an Inspector by or under this Act.
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housing development
“housing development” means to develop or construct or cause to be constructed in any manner whatsoever more than four units of housing accommodation and includes the collection of moneys or the carrying on of any building operations for the purpose of erecting housing accommodation in, on, over or under any land; or the sale of more than four lots of land or building lots with the view of constructing more than four units of housing accommodation;
The Controller may, in writing, delegate all or any of his powers or functions under this Act, except his power of delegation, to any Deputy
Controller, Inspector, officer or servant appointed under subsection (1).
Without prejudice to subsection (2), the Controller may, in writing, delegate any of his powers and functions under this Act in respect of the investigation of offences under this Act and the enforcement of this Act to any public officer or officer of a local authority.
Any delegation under subsection (3) or (4) may be revoked at any time by the Controller and does not prohibit the Controller from himself exercising the powers or performing the functions so delegated.