Singapore legislation

Section 10

of Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995

Section 10

Utility services

(1)

The Authority may serve notice on the owner or supplier of any gas, electricity, water, telecommunication, sewerage or drainage services to —

(a)

alter the course or position of any wire, line, cable, pipe, tube, casing, duct, post, structure or other apparatus which belongs to or is maintained by that owner or supplier; and

(b)

repair any street surface thereby disturbed,if in the opinion of the Authority the alteration is required for the purposes of the construction, operation, maintenance or improvement of any railway.

(2)

A notice under subsection (1) must —

(a)

specify the apparatus or structure to which the notice applies and set out the requirements of the Authority as to the alteration of its course or position and the repair of any street surface;

(b)

stipulate the period within which such work must be carried out;

(c)

be served upon the owner or supplier at least one month before the commencement of that period; and

(d)

state that any person entitled to compensation under this Act may serve a written claim upon the Authority.