Infrastructure Protection (Protected Areas and Protected Places) (Photography) (Exemption) Order 2018

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 17 Dec 2018

No. S 818

Infrastructure Protection Act 2017

(ACT 41 OF 2017)

Infrastructure Protection
(Protected Areas and Protected Places)
(Photography) (Exemption) Order 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 82 of the Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Infrastructure Protection (Protected Areas and Protected Places) (Photography) (Exemption) Order 2018 and comes into operation on 18 December 2018.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“air navigation permit” means a UA operator permit or an activity permit specified in paragraph 72F of the Air Navigation Order (Cap. 6, O 2);

“authorised trial” means the trial of automated vehicle technology or an autonomous motor vehicle on a road under an authorisation granted under rule 7(1)(a)(i) of the Road Traffic (Autonomous Motor Vehicles) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 464/2017);

“automated vehicle technology” and “autonomous motor vehicle” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);

“competent security officer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6).

Exemption

3.—(1) Section 29(1) of the Act does not apply to a person taking a photograph of a protected area or a protected place during an authorised trial using any equipment of the autonomous motor vehicle or automated vehicle technology used in the trial.

(2) Sections 29(1) and 30(4) of the Act do not apply to a person taking a photograph of a protected area or a protected place using any equipment on board an unmanned aircraft while the unmanned aircraft is in flight if —

(a)	the unmanned aircraft is operated at that time under the authority of and in accordance with the relevant air navigation permit or air navigation permits required for that unmanned aircraft in paragraph 72F of the Air Navigation Order; or
(b)	the photograph is taken in accordance with a permit given by a competent security officer.

(3) Where the person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2) is not the operator of the unmanned aircraft mentioned in that sub‑paragraph, section 30(4) of the Act does not also apply to the operator of that unmanned aircraft if sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) is satisfied.

Made on 12 December 2018.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/96/001; AG/LEGIS/SL/137B/2015/4 Vol. 1]

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