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No. S 348

Street Works Act

(Chapter 320A)

Street Works (Works on Public Streets) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 53(1) of the Street Works Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Street Works (Works on Public Streets) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 23rd June 2006.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Street Works (Works on Public Streets) Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended ––

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “applicant”, the following definition:

“ “Building and Construction Authority” means the Building and Construction Authority established under the Building and Construction Authority Act (Cap. 30A);”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Construction Industry Development Board”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “emergency works”, the following definitions:

“ “National Environment Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act (Cap. 195);

“National Parks Board” has the same meaning as in the National Parks Board Act (Cap. 198A);”; and

(d)

by deleting the definition of “works” and substituting the following definition:

“ “works” includes ––

(a)	any construction work on a public street that is likely to affect the structural integrity and safe operation of any public street or road structure;
(b)	utility works within the meaning of section 2 of the Act;
(c)	street works within the meaning of section 2 of the Act;
(d)	any works that require occupation of a public street or that affect the flow of traffic; and
(e)	any works which are preparatory or incidental to any works referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d), 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.”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. The principal Regulations are amended by renumbering regulation 4 as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the approval of the Authority shall not be required in respect of the following works on a public street:

(a)	maintenance of greenery by or on behalf of the National Parks Board;
(b)	street cleansing by or on behalf of the National Environment Agency; and
(c)	maintenance of manholes for public utilities.”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “$69” in sub-paragraph (c) (i) and substituting “$150”.

Amendment of regulation 6

5. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) An applicant shall not appoint any person as a contractor to carry out any works on any public street unless that person is registered by the Building and Construction Authority as a contractor under a head of registration approved by the Authority.”.

Amendment of Schedule

6. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended ––

(a)

by deleting item 1;

(b)

by deleting item 4 and substituting the following item:

“

4. Where the requisite temporary road lines have not been drawn on the reinstated public street within 3 hours of the completion of the works

100.

”;

(c)

by deleting the words “14 days” in the first column of item 5 and substituting the words “7 days”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after item 23, the following items:

“

24. Carrying out road works during peak hours

150.

25. Failing to submit a professional engineer’s certification of supervision of completed temporary decking within 3 days of completion of the temporary decking and prior to opening for traffic use

100.

26. Where the skid resistance of the temporary decking system is less than 65 British Pendulum Number (BPN)

100.

27. Failing to provide mitigation measures to enhance skid resistance of the surface of temporary decking as instructed by the Authority

100.

28. Failing to inform the Authority of any defects of the temporary decking system

100.

29. Failing to submit monitoring result with a professional engineer’s assessment in accordance with the Authority’s requirement

100.

30. Failing to provide professional engineer’s report and mitigating measures within the time frame stipulated by the Authority when the instrumentation readings breach any of the approved critical monitoring values, comprising alert values and work suspension values

100.

31. Failing to suspend work when the instrumentation readings breach the approved work suspension values

400.

”.

[G.N. No. S 343/99]

Made this 14th day of June 2006.

MICHAEL LIM CHOO SAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/LEG/CS/Public St Works; AG/LEG/SL/320A/2002/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 53(5) of the Street Works Act).