Clause 18

The Commissioner or any member authorised by the Commissioner may, if the action authorised by this section appears to him to be necessary for the discharge of the function in section 4(1)(c) —

enter upon and, if necessary, break into any place, building, premises or land;

remove from any place, vehicle, structure or thing impeding such operations and, to facilitate its removal, use such force as is reasonably necessary or break into any such vehicle;

remove, using reasonable force if necessary, any individual whose life, health or safety is, in his opinion, endangered;

stop individuals from entering, or close or cause to be closed to traffic, any road, street, path, private street, private way, service lane, waterway, right of way or access way or other way; (e)shut off or disconnect the supply of gas, fuel oil, water or electricity to any premises or order any person having the control of such supply to shut off or disconnect the supply;

require any individual whom he has reason to suspect has been exposed to any hazardous material in a hazardous materials incident to undergo such medical examination and medical treatment at such place or hospital as he may specify; and

seize any thing that is contaminated by any hazardous material as a result of a hazardous materials incident and dispose of the thing.(2) The Commissioner or any member authorised by the Commissioner may, for the purposes of facilitating the provision of urgent medical care to an individual whose identity is not known and who is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate, take the individual’s fingerprints or other personal identifiers.Persons assisting Force101B.—

The powers conferred by section 101A(1)(a) to (e) and (2) may also be exercised by the following persons:

any employee of an emergency ambulance service provider providing emergency ambulance services for the Force in the performance of a contract between the emergency ambulance service provider and the Government;

any regular serviceman or national serviceman enlisted with the Singapore Armed Forces who is attached to the Force to assist in the provision of emergency ambulance services by the Force.(2) An employee of an emergency ambulance service provider providing emergency ambulance services for the Force in the performance of a contract between the emergency ambulance service provider and the Government is, in relation to the employee’s performance of the employee’s duties in connection with the provision of the emergency ambulance services, taken to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).Protection from personal liability101C. No liability shall lie personally against the Commissioner or any member, or any person mentioned in section 101B who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act.”.