Singapore legislation

Clause 71

of Active Mobility Bill

Clause 71

Consequential amendments to Street Works Act

The Street Works Act (Cap. 320A, 1996 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “tunnel, square,” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “street” in section 2, the word “path,”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “bus shelter,” in the definition of “road related facility” in section 2, the words “place for the parking of bicycles, power‑assisted bicycles or personal mobility devices,”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “any road,” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “street” in section 2, the word “path,”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 5, the following subsection:“(3) The exercise of any power under this Act for a purpose in subsection (1) is subject to Part 2 of the Active Mobility Act 2016 if the public street is or is to be a public path under that Act.”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4) of section 32A, the following subsection:“(4A) For the purpose of exercising his power under subsection (4)(b) of removing an article or thing or causing an article or thing to be removed, an authorised officer may, with such assistance as he considers necessary, cut or break open any lock, seal, fastener or other device on or connected to the article or thing.”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (12) of section 32A, the following subsection:“(13) This section does not apply in relation to any public path that is a footpath or shared path (within the meaning of the Active Mobility Act 2016) that is not on State land.”.