No. S 454
Sentosa Development Corporation Act
(Chapter 291)
Sentosa Development Corporation Regulations 1997
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Sentosa Development Corporation Act, the Minister for Trade and Industry, after consultation with the Sentosa Development Corporation, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Sentosa Development Corporation Regulations 1997 and shall come into operation on 3rd October 1997.
Definitions
2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“authorised person” means any person appointed as an authorised person under paragraph (2) and includes the Marina Superintendent and a member of the Sentosa Auxiliary Police Force;
“building” means any permanent or temporary building and includes any structure or erection of whatever kind or nature (whether permanent or temporary) and in particular —
(a)a wall (including a sea, canal or retaining wall), partition, gate, fence, piling, platform, staging, post, pillar, shoving, hoarding or frame;
(b)a culvert, sluice crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel; and
(c)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous matter;
“building works” means —
(a)the erection, extension or demolition of a building;
(b)the alteration, addition, repair or painting of a building; or
(c)the provision, extension or alteration of any air-conditioning service, ventilating system or fire protection system in or in connection with a building,
and includes any kind of building operation connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
“other islands” means the following islands:
(a)St John’s Island;
(b)Kusu Island;
(c)Pulau Hantu;
(d)Terembu Retan Laut;
(e)Sister’s Islands;
(f)Pulau Renggit;
(g)Lazarus Island;
(h)Pulau Seletar;
(i)Pulau Sudong;
(j)Pulau Jong; and
(k)Pulau Biola;
“plants” includes shrubs, climbers, creepers, hedges, ferns, moss, acquatic plants, flowers and lawn grasses;
“police officer” means any member of the Singapore Police Force or any member of the Sentosa Auxiliary Police Force;
“season parking ticket” means the official parking ticket issued by the Corporation showing the registration number of a vehicle authorising the parking of such vehicle in a specified season parking place at any time during a period specified by the Corporation;
“Sentosa Auxiliary Police Force” means the Sentosa Development Corporation Auxiliary Police Force created under the provisions of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235);
“sewage” means any solid or liquid (either with or without particles of matter in suspension thereof) waste including any water borne sullage;
“sign” includes all signals, warning sign posts, direction posts, gas-filled inflatable balloons, banners, advertisements and notices;
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise but does not include a perambulator or an invalid chair used solely by a person suffering from some physical disability;
“vehicle permit” means any form of permit, pass, ticket or receipt issued by the Corporation showing the registration number of a vehicle authorising such vehicle to enter Sentosa;
“waste” includes sludge, oil, contaminants, refuse, solid ballast and any unwanted substance or article.
(2)  The Corporation may appoint any member or employee of the Corporation, or any other person, as an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations.
PART I
GENERAL
Opening hours
3.  Sentosa and the other islands or any part thereof shall be open to the public between such hours as are appointed by the Corporation and shown in notices exhibited thereat.
Power to refuse admission
4.  The Corporation may refuse to admit any person into Sentosa without assigning any reason.
Power to levy charges and fees
5.—(1)  The Corporation may levy charges and fees and at different rates for admission into Sentosa or the other islands or any part thereof as the Corporation may, from time to time, determine.
(2)  The Corporation may levy such charges and fees and at different rates as it may determine from time to time for the use of any accommodation, services, works, buildings, landing places, recreation grounds, equipment, attractions and any other amenities or facilities in Sentosa that are provided, maintained, controlled or operated by the Corporation.
(3)  There shall be no refund of any such charges or fees to any person except at the discretion of the Corporation.
Authorised entrances and exits
6.—(1)  No person shall enter or leave Sentosa or the other islands except by entrances or exits authorised by the Corporation for such purpose.
(2)  The Corporation may open or close any entrance to or exit from Sentosa at such times as it considers expedient without incurring any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising as a result thereof.
(3)  No person shall enter Sentosa or any part thereof by any means except with the authorisation of the Corporation.
(4)  No person shall remain in Sentosa or the other islands outside the hours during which Sentosa or the other islands are open to the public unless the prior approval of the Corporation has been obtained.
(5)  Guests of hotels, beach cottages and other accommodation in Sentosa, residents in the resort area and other categories of personnel approved by the Corporation may be allowed to remain in Sentosa outside the hours during which Sentosa is open to the public.
Prohibited acts
7.  No person in Sentosa or the other islands shall —
(a)wilfully damage or remove any tree or plant;
(b)remove earth or soil from any property belonging to the Corporation;
(c)kill, hunt, shoot or capture any animal, bird or insect or do any act which may cause injury or destruction to any animal, bird or insect or the eggs and young thereof;
(d)spit, foul, pollute, urinate or defecate on the grounds of, or into any ornamental water, waterways or waters of Sentosa or any part of the other islands;
(e)have with him —
(i)any dog that is not on a lead and under proper control; or
(ii)any other animal that is not under proper control;
(f)release any animal in Sentosa or the other islands;
(g)place, deposit or throw any refuse, rubbish, litter, object or article except in a refuse bin or receptacle provided for the purpose;
(h)discharge any missile, firearm, air-gun or other weapon;
(i)distribute any pamphlets, placards, notices, advertisements, hand bills, books, leaflets or any other documents to other persons, or affix or post the same to any wall, tree, fence or structure;
(j)remove, damage, displace, deface or make improper use of any building, seat, sign, fitting or any other structure or property belonging to or maintained by the Corporation;
(k)use any indecent, threatening, abusive or insulting language, behave in any indecent, threatening, abusive or insulting manner, dress in a manner likely to cause offence or embarrassment to, or disturb or annoy, any other person, or act contrary to public decency or propriety;
(l)beg, solicit alms or commit a nuisance or do any such thing as to cause annoyance, inconvenience or offence to other persons;
(m)smoke or attempt to smoke in any part of Sentosa or the other islands in which there is exhibited a notice prohibiting smoking; or
(n)fish in any place where fishing is prohibited.
Acts requiring prior approval
8.—(1)  No person in Sentosa or the other islands shall, without the prior approval in writing of the Corporation —
(a)collect any bird’s egg or nest;
(b)remove or cut any plant or tree or any part thereof;
(c)bathe, swim, water-ski, jet-ski, surfboard or conduct any other water sport activities in the waterways of Sentosa;
(d)erect or assemble or cause or permit to be erected or assembled any building or marine facility in Sentosa;
(e)sell, hawk, offer or exhibit for sale any article or thing;
(f)use any part of Sentosa or the other islands as a location for the shooting of a film or the setting of a play;
(g)deliver any public address or assemble for the purpose of holding or taking part in any public meeting;
(h)hold any show, play, pageant, regatta or other forms of public entertainment or public religious assembly;
(i)reproduce by means of photograph, drawing, painting or in any way whatsoever the likeness of exhibits or scenes from Sentosa or the other islands with a view to their sale or distribution;
(j)ply any vehicle or vessel or other article or thing for hire in Sentosa or in the waterways or waters of Sentosa; or
(k)camp or take part in any game or sport at any place in Sentosa or the other islands.
(2)  Such approval may be granted subject to such conditions (including the payment of a fee) as the Corporation thinks fit.
Obstructions
9.—(1)  No person shall obstruct or cause or permit the obstruction of the lawful use of any area in Sentosa or the other islands with any object, fixture or thing.
(2)  The Corporation may remove and detain any object, fixture or thing that is obstructing the lawful use of any area in Sentosa or the other islands, or require the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing to remove it at his expense.
(3)  Where the Corporation removes and detains any object, fixture or thing that is obstructing the lawful use of any area in Sentosa or the other islands, the Corporation shall give written notice to the owner, or person who had lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing when it was removed and detained, that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Corporation, claim possession from the Corporation within 30 days of such removal and detention.
(4)  If the object, fixture or thing removed and detained by the Corporation is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or person who had lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing when it was removed and detained, the Corporation may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of the object, fixture or thing, and the proceeds of the sale or disposal shall be applied firstly to the expenses incurred by the Corporation in the removal and detention, and sale or disposal, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner or person.
Display of signs
10.—(1)  No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign in Sentosa or the other islands without the approval of the Corporation and except under such conditions as the Corporation thinks fit to impose.
(2)  All applications for approval for the display of any sign shall be made in writing and each application shall specify —
(a)the type, size, shape, colour, location and construction of the sign;
(b)the type of materials proposed to be used; and
(c)the proposed method of illumination of the sign.
(3)  The Corporation may, if it considers that any sign has been displayed or altered without the prior written approval of the Corporation, remove the sign, or require the occupier of land on which the sign is displayed to remove the sign.
Notices, signs, etc.
11.  The Corporation may place or erect any notice, sign or other device in Sentosa or the other islands for the information and guidance of the public.
Made this 23rd day of September 1997.
KHAW BOON WAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Singapore.
[MTI 104/1-01 V4; AG/SL/22/95]