Street Works (Works on Public Streets) Regulations

Street Works Act

(CHAPTER 320A, Section 53)

Rg 2

G.N. No. S 435/1995

REVISED EDITION 1996

(15th May 1996)

[1st September 1995]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Street Works (Works on Public Streets) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“applicant” means any person who makes or has made an application under regulation 5 and includes a person whose application has been granted by the Authority;

“Code of Practice” means the Code of Practice issued by the Authority under regulation 12 and includes any amendment which may be made to the Code of Practice from time to time;

“Construction Industry Development Board” means the Construction Industry Development Board established under the Construction Industry Development Board Act [Cap. 51];

“costs” includes any administrative expenses reasonably incurred;

“defects liability period”, in relation to any works which have been carried out on a public street, means the defects liability period as specified in the Code of Practice in respect of that type of works;

“emergency works” means works which must be carried out immediately in order to put an end to or to prevent the occurrence of any circumstances (whether existing or imminent or which the person requiring the works to be carried out believes on reasonable grounds to be existing or imminent) which are likely to cause serious danger to any person or property;

“professional engineer” means a person who is registered as a civil or structural engineer under the Professional Engineers’ Act and who possesses a valid practising certificate issued under that Act;

“road lines” means any lines or other markings which are required by the Authority to be drawn on the surface of a public street for the guidance or direction of motorists or pedestrians using the public street;

“works” includes —

(a)

the breaking up or opening of a street for the purpose of —

(i)	laying, repairing, adjusting, altering or removing any utility or apparatus; or
(ii)	examining sub-soil conditions or any existing utility or apparatus;

(b)

any works of tunnelling or boring under a street or any works involving any other construction method which does not require the opening up of a street; and

(c)

any works which are preparatory or incidental to any works referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), such as the temporary storage or depositing of any building materials or debris or the placing of any equipment or the erection of any temporary structure, on the public street on which the works are to be or are being carried out.

Application

3. These Regulations shall apply to any works carried out on any public street by or for any person other than the Authority.

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