Singapore legislation
Section 45
Section 45
Regulations
(1)
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for or in respect of every purpose which is considered by the Authority necessary or expedient for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
controlling and regulating —
the maintenance and operation of any railway;
the work and conduct of the employees of the Authority;
the conduct of members of the public using a railway or on railway premises;
a system for evidencing (whether by the issue of tickets or otherwise) the payment of fares on a railway and any contract of carriage of passengers thereon;
advertising on railway premises;
the custody and disposal of property found on railway premises; and
any activity which may damage a railway or railway premises or may endanger the safety of any person travelling on or upon the railway or railway premises;
providing for the safety of persons using or engaged in work on any railway;
prescribing the terms and conditions relating to the use of railway premises;
protecting the property of the Authority on railway premises;
(da)providing (with respect to cases in which, pursuant to a railway administration order under Part 4A, another company is to carry on all or any of the activities of a licensee in place of an existing licensee) all supplemental, consequential and transitional provisions for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provisions for the transfer or any other provision made by a scheme mentioned in section 27C;
investigation and notification of accidents;
prescribing the powers and duties of inspectors appointed for the purposes of Part 4 for the administration and enforcement of that Part; and
prescribing the fees to be paid in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged.
(3)
In subsection (2)(a)(iii), (v), (vi) and (vii), (c) and (d), “railway premises” includes a bicycle parking facility or vehicle set down facility adjoining those railway premises.
(4)
The Authority may, in making any regulations, provide that any contravention of, or failure or neglect to comply with, any regulations shall be an offence and may prescribe the fine with which such offence shall be punishable but so that no such fine shall exceed for any one offence the sum of $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further sum of $100 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.