Dream house?: A young boy admiring the scale model of a housing project at a property fair in Penang last year. – Filepic
ON Tuesday , the Federal Court ruled that the housing controller has no power to waive or modify provisions of the contracts of sale as prescribed by regulations 11(1) and (2) of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations, 1989 (1989 Regulations).
The 1989 Regulations were made by the housing minister pursuant to section 24 of the parent Act, namely the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act, 1966 (Act 118).
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Roger Tan
The writer, a senior lawyer, is formerly a law lecturer and member of the Malaysian Bar Council.
