§ 8 — Power to enter private land to construct, etc., railway

8.—(1) This section applies only to land which is not State land, and land which is not owned by the LTA.(2) The LTA or any person it authorises for the purposes of this section may do all or any of the following for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, operating or improving the railway infrastructure of any cross‑border railway:(a)

subject to subsection (3), enter upon the land within or adjoining the railway area and take possession of that land;

(b)

do all things as are reasonably necessary for constructing, maintaining, operating or improving the railway infrastructure of the cross‑border railway on, under or over the land, including —(i)

removing any building, or any object or structure or vegetation from the land;

(ii)

digging or boring of a tunnel under the land and erecting any building, object or structure over or under the land;

(iii)

underpinning or strengthening a building; and

(iv)

constructing railway passenger facilities on, under or over that land.

(3) The LTA or person authorised must not exercise any power conferred by subsection (2) in respect of any land unless every owner and occupier of the land is given at least 2 months’ notice of the intention to exercise a power conferred by that subsection.

(4) A notice mentioned in subsection (3) must —(a)

give a brief description of the works which the LTA proposes to carry out on the land;

(b)

state the estimated period during which the LTA intends to occupy or take possession of the land;

(c)

describe the area or extent of the land needed for the carrying out of the works mentioned in paragraph (a); and

(d)

state that any person entitled to compensation under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995 may serve a written claim on the LTA.

(5) The ownership of anything is not altered by reason only that it is placed in, under, over or affixed to any land in exercise of a right conferred upon the LTA by this section.

—(1) This section applies only to land which is not State land, and land which is not owned by the LTA.

(2) The LTA or any person it authorises for the purposes of this section may do all or any of the following for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, operating or improving the railway infrastructure of any cross‑border railway:(a)

subject to subsection (3), enter upon the land within or adjoining the railway area and take possession of that land;

(b)

do all things as are reasonably necessary for constructing, maintaining, operating or improving the railway infrastructure of the cross‑border railway on, under or over the land, including —(i)

removing any building, or any object or structure or vegetation from the land;

(ii)

digging or boring of a tunnel under the land and erecting any building, object or structure over or under the land;

(iii)

underpinning or strengthening a building; and

(iv)

constructing railway passenger facilities on, under or over that land.

(3) The LTA or person authorised must not exercise any power conferred by subsection (2) in respect of any land unless every owner and occupier of the land is given at least 2 months’ notice of the intention to exercise a power conferred by that subsection.

(4) A notice mentioned in subsection (3) must —(a)

give a brief description of the works which the LTA proposes to carry out on the land;

(b)

state the estimated period during which the LTA intends to occupy or take possession of the land;

(c)

describe the area or extent of the land needed for the carrying out of the works mentioned in paragraph (a); and

(d)

state that any person entitled to compensation under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995 may serve a written claim on the LTA.

(5) The ownership of anything is not altered by reason only that it is placed in, under, over or affixed to any land in exercise of a right conferred upon the LTA by this section.