Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Bill

Clause 6

Meanings of train “in transit” and terms associated with cross‑border incident management

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, a cross‑border train is in transit when —

(a)

the cross‑border train is on a track of a cross‑border railway; and

(b)

the cross‑border train is in the stage of operation described in the relevant Schedule relating to that cross‑border railway.

(2)

In this Act —

Definition

“cross‑border incident” means a railway occurrence that involves or is associated with —

(a)

the defined zone of a cross‑border railway; or

(b)

a cross‑border train that is in transit on a cross‑border railway;

Definition

“defined zone”, for a cross‑border railway, means any part of the railway infrastructure of the cross‑border railway that is prescribed in the relevant Schedule for the purposes of managing cross‑border incidents relating to that cross‑border railway;

Definition

“incident management operations” means —

(a)

activities undertaken in relation to a railway occurrence —

(i)

to help injured people and prevent or reduce loss of human life, illness or injury to humans associated with the railway occurrence;

(ii)

to help prevent or reduce property loss or damage, or damage to the environment associated with the railway occurrence; or

(iii)

to protect people or goods from danger or potential danger associated with the railway occurrence; Examples Search and rescue, firefighting, environmental hazard control, and critical medical assistance or medical evacuation.(b)activities undertaken to respond to, or minimise, the adverse effects of a railway occurrence; or

(c)

carrying out ordinary checks or special checks for the purposes of railway security checks relating to a cross‑border railway affected by a railway occurrence, so far as relevant;

Definition

“railway occurrence” means all or any of the following which is occurring or has occurred:

(a)

a railway accident;

(b)

a railway security incident involving or associated with a cross‑border railway;

(c)

a natural catastrophe;

(d)

an explosion or a fire, a chemical, fuel or oil spill, a gas leak or a poor air quality episode involving smoke;

(e)

a serious public order incident affecting the public or a threat of such an incident occurring;

(f)

a discovery of unaccompanied, unattended or unidentified goods onboard a cross‑border train or on a track of a cross‑border railway in suspicious circumstances;

(g)

an event in which critical medical assistance or medical evacuation must be provided to any passenger or crew of a cross‑border railway, any individual conducting incident management operations or any other individual affected by any occurrence mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e);

Definition

“serious public order incident” means anyone engaging in conduct that —

(a)

involves serious violence to any individual;

(b)

causes serious damage to property;

(c)

causes death;

(d)

endangers any individual’s life, including the life of the individual engaging in the conduct;

(e)

involves releasing into the environment or any part of the environment, or distributing or otherwise exposing the public to, any dangerous thing; or

(f)

otherwise causes a serious risk to the health or safety of people.

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