§ 75 — Regulations

75.—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) In particular, the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:(a)

regulating the management of railway assets of a cross‑border railway and the provision of network services and cross‑border train services;

(b)

providing for the safe maintenance and use of railway infrastructure and railway assets of a cross‑border railway;

(c)

prohibiting or regulating —(i)

advertising on railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway;

(ii)

the custody and disposal of property found on a cross‑border train or a train station of a cross‑border railway; and

(iii)

any activity which may damage the railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or may endanger passengers carried or to be carried, or persons employed or engaged to work, on the cross‑border railway;

(d)

providing for the safe carriage of passengers on the cross‑border railway or the safety of persons employed or engaged to work on the cross‑border railway;

(e)

prescribing the requirements relating to —(i)

the management and control of passengers (including persons in custody) on board a cross‑border train;

(ii)

the security features on a train used or to be used on a cross‑border railway;

(iii)

pre-departure checks of train facilities and other parts of a cross‑border train;

(iv)

procedures to be used and measures to be taken in relation to baggage that is loaded, or is intended to be loaded, onto a train used or to be used on a cross‑border railway;

(v)

unattended cross‑border trains and other railway assets of a cross‑border railway; or

(vi)

such other matters for the purposes of safeguarding a cross‑border railway against acts of unlawful interference;

(f)

prescribing the requirements relating to the control of access to different parts of the railway infrastructure and railway assets of a cross‑border railway or other facility related to the provision of network services for or a cross‑border train service on such a railway, including —(i)

conditions of entry, the issue and use of security passes and other identification systems; and

(ii)

the screening of people, vehicles, baggage or goods (other than cargo) for entry to different parts of the railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or such other related facilities;

(g)

prescribing the requirements relating to —(i)

the provision of lighting, fencing and storage facilities in the different parts of the railway infrastructure and railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or such other related facilities; and

(ii)

the approval of building works within, or adjacent to, the different parts of the railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or such other related facilities;

(h)

prescribing the powers and duties of the independent safety auditor and rail safety inspectors;

(i)

prescribing the requirements for or in connection with the giving of security directives under section 59;

(j)

prohibiting or regulating the carriage of articles, materials or animals on a cross‑border railway;

(k)

prescribing the fees in respect of the grant or renewal of any licence, and the doing of anything by the LTA under this Act;

(l)

regulating the work and conduct of the employees of licensees.

(3) Regulations made under this section may —(a)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

provide for such transitional, saving and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as are necessary or expedient.

(4) All regulations made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) In particular, the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:(a)

regulating the management of railway assets of a cross‑border railway and the provision of network services and cross‑border train services;

(b)

providing for the safe maintenance and use of railway infrastructure and railway assets of a cross‑border railway;

(c)

prohibiting or regulating —(i)

advertising on railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway;

(ii)

the custody and disposal of property found on a cross‑border train or a train station of a cross‑border railway; and

(iii)

any activity which may damage the railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or may endanger passengers carried or to be carried, or persons employed or engaged to work, on the cross‑border railway;

(d)

providing for the safe carriage of passengers on the cross‑border railway or the safety of persons employed or engaged to work on the cross‑border railway;

(e)

prescribing the requirements relating to —(i)

the management and control of passengers (including persons in custody) on board a cross‑border train;

(ii)

the security features on a train used or to be used on a cross‑border railway;

(iii)

pre-departure checks of train facilities and other parts of a cross‑border train;

(iv)

procedures to be used and measures to be taken in relation to baggage that is loaded, or is intended to be loaded, onto a train used or to be used on a cross‑border railway;

(v)

unattended cross‑border trains and other railway assets of a cross‑border railway; or

(vi)

such other matters for the purposes of safeguarding a cross‑border railway against acts of unlawful interference;

(f)

prescribing the requirements relating to the control of access to different parts of the railway infrastructure and railway assets of a cross‑border railway or other facility related to the provision of network services for or a cross‑border train service on such a railway, including —(i)

conditions of entry, the issue and use of security passes and other identification systems; and

(ii)

the screening of people, vehicles, baggage or goods (other than cargo) for entry to different parts of the railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or such other related facilities;

(g)

prescribing the requirements relating to —(i)

the provision of lighting, fencing and storage facilities in the different parts of the railway infrastructure and railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or such other related facilities; and

(ii)

the approval of building works within, or adjacent to, the different parts of the railway infrastructure or railway assets of a cross‑border railway, or such other related facilities;

(h)

prescribing the powers and duties of the independent safety auditor and rail safety inspectors;

(i)

prescribing the requirements for or in connection with the giving of security directives under section 59;

(j)

prohibiting or regulating the carriage of articles, materials or animals on a cross‑border railway;

(k)

prescribing the fees in respect of the grant or renewal of any licence, and the doing of anything by the LTA under this Act;

(l)

regulating the work and conduct of the employees of licensees.

(3) Regulations made under this section may —(a)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

provide for such transitional, saving and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as are necessary or expedient.

(4) All regulations made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.