Singapore legislation

Section 13

of Air Navigation Act 1966

Section 13

Appointment of safety inspectors and delegation

(1)

The Authority may in writing appoint as safety inspectors any of the following persons:

(a)

any employee of the Authority with suitable qualifications and experience to properly exercise the powers of a safety inspector;

(b)

any individual who is not an employee of the Authority and has suitable qualifications and experience to properly exercise the powers of a safety inspector.

(2)

The Authority must issue to each safety inspector an identification card, which must be carried at all times by the safety inspector when exercising powers under any provision in this Part or any aviation safety subsidiary legislation.

(3)

Subject to subsection (5), the Authority may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon it by any provision in this Part or any aviation safety subsidiary legislation —

(a)

to the Director-General of Civil Aviation; or

(b)

to such of its employees, and such other individuals who are not its employees, as it appoints under this section to be a safety inspector in relation to that provision,and any reference in this Act or such aviation safety subsidiary legislation to the Authority includes a reference to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation or such a safety inspector.

(4)

Subject to subsection (5), the Director‑General of Civil Aviation may, in writing, delegate to any employee of the Authority (whether or not appointed by the Authority to be a safety inspector) the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him or her by any provision in this Act or any aviation safety subsidiary legislation; and any reference in this Act or such aviation safety subsidiary legislation to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation includes a reference to that employee.

(5)

Nothing in this section authorises delegating —

(a)

the power of delegation conferred by this section;

(b)

any power of the Authority to make aviation safety subsidiary legislation;

(c)

any power of the Director-General of Civil Aviation to make emergency directives of general application under section 23; or

(d)

to any individual who is not an employee of the Authority any power under section 17, 18, 19 or 21 with respect to any aviation safety instrument.

(6)

Any delegation under subsection (3) or (4) 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 Authority may specify.

(7)

Every safety inspector who is not an employee of the Authority and acting under this section is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.[3E

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