Rapid Transit Systems (Railway Protection, Restricted Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 19 Jun 2000

No. S 280

Rapid Transit Systems Act

(Chapter 263A)

Rapid Transit Systems (Railway Protection,
Restricted Activities) (Amendment)
Regulations 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) of the Rapid Transit Systems Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Rapid Transit Systems (Railway Protection, Restricted Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2000.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Rapid Transit Systems (Railway Protection, Restricted Activities) Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “restricted activity”, the following definition:

“ “street” has the same meaning as in the Street Works Act (Cap. 320A);”.

Amendment of regulation 5

3. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “3 metres” in the regulation heading and substituting the words “6 metres”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) No person shall carry out or cause to be carried out any restricted activity within 6 metres of the outermost edge of any part of the railway (whether on or above the ground) that is alongside or within the railway safety zone or the railway protection zone.”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 7

4. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Railway protection zone

7.—(1) No person shall carry out or cause to be carried out any restricted activity within the railway protection zone unless the Authority has given him permission in writing to do so.

(2) The Authority may, in giving such permission, impose such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.

(3) The conditions which the Authority may impose under paragraph (2) shall include any condition which requires the person to whom permission is given to allow any employee of the Authority to enter at any time the land within the railway safety zone or the railway protection zone where the restricted activity is being carried out for all or any of the following purposes:

(a)	to ascertain whether there is, or has been, a contravention of these Regulations;
(b)	to ensure that the restricted activity is being carried out in accordance with the Authority’s terms and conditions imposed under paragraph (2);
(c)	to take such action and give such direction as the employee of the Authority considers necessary to ensure compliance with, or to prevent the contravention of, these Regulations.

(4) Any person who carries out or causes to be carried out any restricted activity in contravention of paragraph (1) or fails to comply with any term or condition imposed by the Authority under paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Amendment of Schedule

5. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph 1(b);

(b)

by inserting immediately before the word “goods” in paragraph 1(c), the word “equipment”; and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 1 and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraphs:

“(d)

the digging or excavation of trenches or pits, the carrying out of earthworks and backfilling, or the shifting or pushing of earth or soil from one area to another, whether or not such activities are carried out manually or by mechanical means;

(e)

the dredging of sea beds or river beds and the anchoring of vessels with displacement (laden) weight of more than 20 tonnes;

(f)

the erection of sheds, shelters, tents, scaffolding, maintenance towers, ladders, hoardings and other similar temporary structures for the purpose of trade fairs, fun fairs, exhibitions, entertainment, night markets, religious functions or ceremonies;

(g)

the planting of trees with a full grown height extending above the parapet or wing wall of the railway;

(h)

the use of explosive material for the purpose of blasting, demolition or removal of rocks; and

(i)

the construction of an underground passageway designed —

(i)	for use as a street or railway;
(ii)	to serve as a conduit for utilities; or
(iii)	to provide access for people, vehicles or equipment to any underground working site.”.

Made this 13th day of June 2000.

FOCK SIEW WAH

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[L17.006.000; AG/LEG/SL/263A/98/1 Vol. 1]

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