Singapore legislation

Clause 21

of Telecommunications Bill

Clause 21

Provision of installation, plant or system or space or facilities by direction of Authority

(1)

Where the Authority considers it necessary that any telecommunication service should be provided to any building, whether completed or not, or that the quality of a telecommunication service provided to any building be enhanced, the Authority may by direction —

(a)

require, in connection with paragraph (b), the developer or owner of the building or land to provide at his expense, within such period as may be specified in the direction, such space and facilities within or on the building or land, and access thereto, as the Authority may specify in the direction; and

(b)

require any telecommunication licensee to install, within such period as may be specified in the direction, such installation, plant or system as the Authority considers necessary for the provision, or the enhancement of quality, of the telecommunication service.

(2)

Any direction under subsection (1) may include —

(a)

a requirement that the telecommunication licensee shall contribute, wholly or partly, to such costs and expenses incurred for the provision of any installation, plant or system, or space or facilities under subsection (1) as the Authority may determine; and

(b)

such other requirements as the Authority may specify.

(3)

Any person who fails to comply with any requirement in a direction under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.