Singapore legislation

Section 68

of Amusement Rides Safety Act 2011

Section 68

Protection from liability

(1)

No liability shall lie against the Commissioner, any enforcement officer or any employee of the Authority by reason of the fact that any installation works, modification works or relocation works are or are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or that any amusement ride or the design and specifications, proposed installation method and programme or proposed modification method and programme or any installation works, modification works or relocation works relating to such amusement ride are subject to inspection, alteration or approval by the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority.

(2)

Nothing in this Act makes it obligatory for the Commissioner, an enforcement officer or an employee of the Authority to inspect any amusement ride or any installation works, modification works or relocation works relating thereto, or the premises on which an amusement ride has been or is being installed, modified, relocated or operated, to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act are complied with or whether any design and specifications, proposed installation method and programme, proposed modification method and programme, certificate, notice or other document submitted to the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority concerning the amusement ride are accurate or otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Act.

(3)

No matter or thing done by the Commissioner, an enforcement officer or an employee of the Authority shall, if it were done in good faith for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, subject the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(4)

Where the Commissioner provides any information to any person in respect of any amusement ride or any works or matter in relation to an amusement ride by electronic or other means, neither the Commissioner nor any enforcement officer or employee of the Authority shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission of whatever nature or howsoever caused, including any defect or breakdown in the electronic equipment used for providing the information, if the error or omission had been made in good faith and in the ordinary course of duties of the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority.

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