s 50 Appointment of rail safety inspectors
50.—(1) The LTA may, in writing, appoint as rail safety inspectors any of the following persons:(a) any employee of the LTA with suitable qualifications and experience to properly exercise the powers of a rail safety inspector; (b) any individual who is not an employee of the LTA and has suitable qualifications and experience to properly exercise the powers of a rail safety inspector. (2) The LTA must issue to each rail safety inspector an identification card, which must be carried at all times by the rail safety inspector when exercising powers under this Act. (3) Without affecting the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995, but subject to subsection (4), the LTA may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon it under this Part to such of its employees, and such other individuals who are not its employees, as it appoints under this section to be a rail safety inspector. (4) However, nothing in subsection (3) authorises delegating the power of delegation conferred by that subsection. (5) Any delegation under subsection (3) may be general or in a particular case and may be subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the LTA may specify. (6) Every rail safety inspector who is not an employee of the LTA and acting under this Part is to be regarded as a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.