§ 5 — Preparation and publishing of railway plans and maps

5.—(1) Before the construction of any railway infrastructure or railway asset for a cross‑border railway begins, the LTA must cause plans and maps to be prepared in such detail and with such markings and endorsements on the plans and maps as are sufficient to delineate the area within Singapore (called in this Act the railway area) —(a)

within which land may be acquired; or

(b)

within which rights in, under or over land may be exercised by the LTA or a concessionaire or licensee under this Act,

for the purpose of or incidental to constructing, maintaining, operating and improving the railway infrastructure or managing the railway assets of, or providing a network service or passenger train service on, that cross‑border railway.

(2) Every plan and map prepared under subsection (1) must be approved by the competent authority.

(3) An abstract of every plan and map prepared under subsection (1) that is approved by the competent authority under subsection (2) must —(a)

be signed by an authorised officer of the LTA;

(b)

be deposited with the competent authority; and

(c)

be made available for inspection by the public free of charge at the office of the LTA, during the normal operating hours of the LTA.

(4) The LTA must, within 21 days after the deposit under subsection (3)(b) with the competent authority of an abstract of a plan and map, cause a notice of the deposit to be published in the Gazette containing —(a)

a general description of the plan and map; and

(b)

particulars of the places and times at which an abstract of the plan and map may be inspected by the public in conformity with subsection (3)(c).

(5) Any plan or map prepared under subsection (1) may, from time to time —(a)

be amended; or

(b)

be replaced by a substitute plan or map.

(6) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply to every amended plan or map or every substitute plan or map (as the case may be) as if it were the original plan or map prepared under subsection (1), and the reference in subsection (4)(a) to a general description of a plan or map must also include a description of the nature and extent of the amendment or substitution.

(7) Sections 3 and 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 are applicable to the lands likely to be delineated in any plan or map prepared for the purposes of subsection (1), or in any amended plan or map or substitute plan or map prepared under subsection (5), as being within the railway area.

(8) The reference to a competent authority —(a)

in subsection (2) is a reference to the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 in respect of the review of the Master Plan under that Act; and

(b)

in subsections (3)(b) and (4) is a reference to the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 in respect of the development of land.

—(1) Before the construction of any railway infrastructure or railway asset for a cross‑border railway begins, the LTA must cause plans and maps to be prepared in such detail and with such markings and endorsements on the plans and maps as are sufficient to delineate the area within Singapore (called in this Act the railway area) —(a)

within which land may be acquired; or

(b)

within which rights in, under or over land may be exercised by the LTA or a concessionaire or licensee under this Act,

for the purpose of or incidental to constructing, maintaining, operating and improving the railway infrastructure or managing the railway assets of, or providing a network service or passenger train service on, that cross‑border railway.

(2) Every plan and map prepared under subsection (1) must be approved by the competent authority.

(3) An abstract of every plan and map prepared under subsection (1) that is approved by the competent authority under subsection (2) must —(a)

be signed by an authorised officer of the LTA;

(b)

be deposited with the competent authority; and

(c)

be made available for inspection by the public free of charge at the office of the LTA, during the normal operating hours of the LTA.

(4) The LTA must, within 21 days after the deposit under subsection (3)(b) with the competent authority of an abstract of a plan and map, cause a notice of the deposit to be published in the Gazette containing —(a)

a general description of the plan and map; and

(b)

particulars of the places and times at which an abstract of the plan and map may be inspected by the public in conformity with subsection (3)(c).

(5) Any plan or map prepared under subsection (1) may, from time to time —(a)

be amended; or

(b)

be replaced by a substitute plan or map.

(6) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply to every amended plan or map or every substitute plan or map (as the case may be) as if it were the original plan or map prepared under subsection (1), and the reference in subsection (4)(a) to a general description of a plan or map must also include a description of the nature and extent of the amendment or substitution.

(7) Sections 3 and 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 are applicable to the lands likely to be delineated in any plan or map prepared for the purposes of subsection (1), or in any amended plan or map or substitute plan or map prepared under subsection (5), as being within the railway area.

(8) The reference to a competent authority —(a)

in subsection (2) is a reference to the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 in respect of the review of the Master Plan under that Act; and

(b)

in subsections (3)(b) and (4) is a reference to the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 in respect of the development of land.