Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Rapid Transit Systems (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 15

Section 15 of the Rapid Transit Systems Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (d) and substituting the following paragraph:“(d)the approval by the Authority of the appointment, re-appointment or removal of any person as the chairman or as a director of the licensee;”; and

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (e) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(f)the control and restriction, directly or indirectly, on the creation, holding or disposal of shares in the licensee or its shareholders, or of interests in the undertaking of the licensee or any part thereof;

(g)

the restriction on the carrying on by the licensee of any trade or business not related to the activity which the licensee is authorised by its licence to carry on; and

(h)

the standards of performance to be complied by the licensee in the maintenance or operation of the rapid transit system or the provision of rapid transit system services.”.