AI-assisted research summary: This provision gives the Act its short title and defines several terms used in it, including “claim,” “Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal,” and “unreasonable interference.”
Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to facilitate the resolution of community disputes by providing for a statutory tort for community disputes, a community disputes management framework and for the establishment of Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals to deal with such disputes, and for matters connected therewith. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] [1 October 2015] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015. General interpretation 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “auxiliary community relations officer” means an auxiliary community relations officer appointed under section 13D; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “claim” includes a counterclaim; “Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal” or “tribunal” means a District Court designated under section 14 as a Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “Community Mediation Centre” means a Community Mediation Centre established under section 3 of the Community Mediation Centres Act 1997; “community relations officer” means a community relations officer appointed under section 13C; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “Deputy Director” means a Deputy Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “Director” means a Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “Director-General” means the Director-General of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “Registrar” means the registrar of the State Courts appointed under section 12 of the State Courts Act 1970 and includes a deputy registrar appointed under that section; “Registry” means the Registry of the State Courts; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “Senior Assistant Director” means a Senior Assistant Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “statutory body” means a body corporate established by or under a public Act for the purposes of a public function; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] “unreasonable interference”, in relation to a neighbour of an individual, means unreasonable interference with the enjoyment or use of the place of residence that the neighbour resides in. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025] (2) For the purposes of the definition of “unreasonable interference” in subsection (1) — (a) whether an act or omission causes interference with a neighbour’s enjoyment or use of his or her place of residence is to be construed in accordance with section 4(2); and (b) whether a person is a neighbour of an individual is to be construed in accordance with section 4(4) and (5). [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]