Common Services Tunnels Act 2018

Sections (25)

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• § 1 — Short title

  1. This Act is the Common Services Tunnels Act 2018.

• § 10 — Power to prevent obstruction to ancillary structures of common services tunnel

  10.—(1) A person must not, without the written approval of an authorised officer —(a) erect or place any structure or object across or within any ancillary structure of a common services tunnel that is within a common services tunnel area; or (b) obstruct or cause an obstruction to any ancillary st

• § 11 — Power to require upkeep of ancillary structures

  11.—(1) An owner or occupier of land within a common services tunnel area on or in which any ancillary structure of a common services tunnel is located must take reasonable measures to keep and maintain the ancillary structure of a common services tunnel within the owner’s or occupier’s land in good

• § 12 — Engineering works within common services tunnel protection zone

  12.—(1) A person must not, without the prior written approval of an authorised officer, carry out any engineering works within a common services tunnel protection zone.(2) The approval of an authorised officer under subsection (1) may be subject to such conditions as the authorised officer considers

• § 13 — Mandating use of common services tunnel

  13.—(1) Without limiting section 12, a supplier of utility services must not lay, place or install, or cause to be laid, placed or installed, on, under or over any public land within a common services tunnel area any utility services infrastructure without the written approval of an authorised offic

• § 14 — Penalty for obstructing authorised officer, etc., in course of duty

  14. Any person who —(a) hinders, obstructs or delays an authorised officer, an authorised person or other person authorised by an authorised officer in the performance or execution of his or her duty or of any thing which he or she is empowered or required to do under this Act; or (b) interferes wi

• § 15 — Power to require information in respect of contraventions

  15.—(1) Where it appears to an authorised officer that there may have been a contravention of any provision of this Act, the authorised officer may serve an information notice to require any person who appears to the authorised officer to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case to furnish t

• § 16 — Offences by corporations

  16.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of a corporation in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that —(a) an officer, employee or agent of the corporation engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent

• § 17 — Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships

  17.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of an unincorporated association or a partnership in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that —(a) an employee or agent of the unincorporated association or the partnership engaged in that

• § 18 — Injunctions

  18.—(1) Where an authorised officer considers it necessary or expedient for any actual or apprehended breach of this Act to be restrained by injunction, the authorised officer may apply to the General Division of the High Court for an injunction, whether or not the authorised officer has exercised o

• § 19 — Composition of offences

  19.—(1) An authorised officer may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:(a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is pr

• § 2 — Interpretation

  2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“ancillary facility”, in relation to a common services tunnel, means —(a) any electrical substation, electrical switch room, generator set room or control centre used for the purposes of the common services tunnel; and (b) any ancillary str

• § 20 — Appeal to Minister

  20.—(1) Any person who is aggrieved by any of the following decisions of an authorised officer may, within 14 days after the date on which notice of the decision is served on the person, appeal to the Minister:(a) the refusal to give written approval under section 10(1), 12(1) or 13(1); (b) an orde

• § 21 — Minister may designate others to hear appeals

  21.—(1) The Minister may designate any of the following persons to hear and determine, in the Minister’s place, any appeal under section 20:(a) the Second Minister, if any, for his or her Ministry; (b) any Minister of State, including a Senior Minister of State, for his or her Ministry; (c) any Pa

• § 22 — Service of documents

  22.—(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section.(2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served —(a) by giving it to the individual personally; (b) by sending it by prepaid

• § 23 — Protection from personal liability

  23. No liability shall lie personally against an authorised officer, an authorised person, or other person authorised by an authorised officer who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act.

• § 24 — Exemption

  24. The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exempt any person or land, or any class of persons or land, from all or any of the provisions of this Act, either generally or in a particular case and subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose.

• § 25 — Regulations

  25.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying out or giving effect to the purposes and provisions of this Act.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or with respect to any of the following matters:(a) the procedure for appeals under this Act; (b) the fee

• § 3 — Purpose of Act

  3. The purpose of this Act is —(a) to establish common services tunnel areas; (b) to ensure the safe and efficient operation and functionality of common services tunnels and any ancillary facility of a common services tunnel; (c) to require suppliers of utility services to execute agreements to us

• § 4 — Common Services Tunnels Authority

  4.—(1) The Minister may appoint a person to be a Common Services Tunnels Authority responsible for the administration of this Act.(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may —(a) appoint different Common Services Tunnels Authorities to be responsible —(i) for the whole or any provision

• § 5 — Authorised officers

  5.—(1) A CST Authority may, by name or office, appoint as an authorised officer —(a) any public officer; or (b) any employee of an approved public authority. (2) An authorised officer is subject to the direction and control of the CST Authority that appointed the authorised officer. (3) An author

• § 6 — Declaration of common services tunnel areas

  6.—(1) The Minister may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, declare an area to be a common services tunnel area.(2) The area that may be declared a common services tunnel area consists of any area within Singapore within which a common services tunnel and any ancillary facility of th

• § 7 — Changes to common services tunnel area

  7.—(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette —(a) revoke any declaration made under section 6(1); or (b) modify an area declared as a common services tunnel area under section 6(1). (2) A notification under subsection (1)(b) modifying an area declared as a common services tunnel area mu

• § 8 — Notice of declaration and modification of declaration

  8.—(1) Before making any declaration under section 6(1) or modifying a declaration under section 7(1)(b), the Minister must give advance notice in the Gazette of the Minister’s intention to make or modify the declaration.(2) The notice mentioned in subsection (1) —(a) must either —(i) define the are

• § 9 — Power to access common services tunnel

  9.—(1) An authorised person may enter any land situated within a common services tunnel area in order —(a) to carry out any inspection or survey of the common services tunnel within that area or any ancillary facility of such a common services tunnel; and (b) to carry out any work and do all things