PART 1 | Citation and commencement |
| 1. These Regulations are the Rapid Transit Systems (Development and Building Works in Railway Corridor and Railway Protection Zone) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 27 September 2021. |
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“approved proposal”, in relation to any development or building works, means a development proposal or building proposal, as the case may be —| (a) | that is approved by the Authority pursuant to an application under regulation 4 or 5, as may be amended with the approval of the Authority under regulation 6; and | | (b) | that has not ceased to be an approved proposal under regulation 7; |
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| “building proposal” means a proposal to carry out building works within any railway corridor or railway protection zone; |
| “building works” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989; [S 312/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
| “Commissioner of Building Control” means the Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) of the Building Control Act 1989; [S 312/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
| “developer”, in relation to any development or building works, means the person for whom or on whose behalf the development or building works are carried out; |
| “development” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Planning Act 1998; [S 312/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
| “development proposal” means a proposal to carry out any development within any railway corridor or railway protection zone; |
“engineering plan”, in relation to any engineering works, means —| (a) | an engineering evaluation report for the engineering works; | | (b) | a document containing any drawing, details, diagram, structural details or calculations showing or relating to the engineering works; or | | (c) | an instrumentation or a monitoring plan for all structures associated with a rapid transit system that may be affected by the engineering works; |
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“engineering works” means any kind of construction work or activity relating to any development or building works that may affect the structural integrity of any structure associated with a rapid transit system or its safe and efficient operation and functioning, such as but not limited to —| (a) | building works; | | (b) | any act of excavating earth, rock or other material (by whatever means) in connection with —| (i) | any work for or relating to the construction, reconstruction, extension, renovation, alteration, demolition or repair of any building, structure, road, railway, bridge, viaduct, flyover, drain or sewer; | | (ii) | any work for or relating to the laying, inspecting, repairing or renewing of any main, pipe, cable, fittings or other apparatus; or | | (iii) | any soil investigation works; |
| | (c) | any act of boring, dredging, jacking, levelling, piling or tunnelling on or under any land or street by any mechanical means; | | (d) | the driving or sinking of any earth rod, casing or tube into the ground; | | (e) | the carrying out of earthworks and backfilling, or the shifting or pushing of earth or soil from one area to another, whether or not for the formation of a slope or an embankment; and | | (f) | any storage or placement of large construction equipment, construction materials and stockpiling of earth or heavy objects; |
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| “must-start window period”, in relation to any development or building works, means the period mentioned in regulation 8 during which the development or building works under a development must start; |
| “plan”, in relation to any development or building works, means a document containing any drawing, details, diagram, calculation, structural details or structural calculation showing or relating to the development or building works; |
| “provisional permission” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Planning Act 1998; [S 312/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
| “qualified person” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989; [S 312/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
| “railway corridor” means the part of the land or area that is within 40 metres from the outermost edge of any part of a railway area; |
| “railway protection zone” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Rapid Transit Systems (Railway Protection, Restricted Activities) Regulations (Rg 3); |
| “written permission” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Planning Act 1998. [S 312/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
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