Singapore legislation

Clause 72

of Amusement Rides Safety Bill

Clause 72

Regulations

(1)

The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act and for any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:

(a)

the making of any application for and the issue of any permit, consent, permission or approval under this Act;

(b)

the regulation of the design, specifications, manufacture, installation, operation, modification, relocation, maintenance and repair of amusement rides, including the following:

(i)

the properties and design strength of the materials to be used in the construction of an amusement ride;

(ii)

the speed at which an amusement ride may be opened;

(iii)

the equipment, drives, brakes, anchorages, tensioning devices and safety devices to be incorporated as part of the amusement ride;

(iv)

the signalling and communication systems to be applied in the installation, operation, modification or relocation of an amusement ride;

(v)

the testing of an amusement ride, whether after its installation, modification, relocation or repair, or routinely as part of its maintenance;

(vi)

the codes, standards and specifications relating to the safety and other aspects of the installation, operation, modification or relocation (as the case may be) of an amusement ride; and

(vii)

the illumination or marking of an amusement ride;

(c)

the maximum number of persons that may be carried on board an amusement ride at any one time (whether as patrons or otherwise) and the classes of persons or goods who or which may not be carried on board an amusement ride at any time;

(d)

the conduct and safety of persons using or operating, or in the vicinity of, amusement rides;

(e)

the procedure for the inspection of amusement rides by the Commissioner or any enforcement officer;

(f)

the requirements that a person must satisfy before he may be appointed as a ride manager;

(g)

the making of reports to the Commissioner concerning any adverse incident that has occurred in respect of an amusement ride and the conduct of investigations into any such adverse incident;

(h)

the types of amusement rides that are to be considered as major amusement rides for the purposes of this Act and the types of amusement rides to which this Act will not apply;

(i)

the types of modifications to an amusement ride that amount to major modifications for the purposes of this Act;

(j)

the requirements in respect of insurance coverage for the operation of amusement rides;

(k)

the records, books or other documents to be kept and the reports and certificates to be made and issued in respect of an amusement ride for the purposes of this Act;

(l)

the duties and responsibilities of —

(i)

the holder of an installation permit, an operating permit or a modification permit and any other person responsible for an amusement ride;

(ii)

a qualified person appointed to carry out any function in respect of an amusement ride for the purposes of this Act; and

(iii)

the ride manager of an amusement ride;

(m)

the manner in which appeals may be made to and determined by the Minister under this Act and the documents, information and other particulars to be furnished to the Minister by the appellant and the Commissioner in connection therewith;

(n)

the prescribing of the forms for use for the purposes of this Act;

(o)

the prescribing of the fees and charges payable for the purposes of this Act;

(p)

the prescribing of the offences that may be compounded under section 62;

(q)

such other matters as may be necessary or expedient to be prescribed or provided for to facilitate the effective administration and enforcement of this Act.

(3)

The Minister may, in making any regulations under this section, provide that any contravention of any of the provisions of such regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both.