Bus Services Industry Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Control of Designated Entities
28O. Remedial directions relating to section 28H
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Subsection (2) applies where —
an individual has been appointed or removed in contravention of section 28H(1) or (2), or a person has been appointed a manager of or becomes a partner in a designated entity in contravention of section 28H(3) or (4);
any condition of approval imposed under section 28H(5) has not been complied with;
any of the following persons has provided false or misleading information or documents to the LTA in connection with an application for approval under section 28H(1), (2), (3) or (4):
a designated entity;
the trustee-manager of a designated entity;
the person mentioned in section 28H(4); or
the LTA would not have granted its approval under section 28H(1), (2), (3) or (4) had it been aware, at the time of approval, of circumstances relevant to a person’s application for such approval.
The LTA may issue a direction to the designated entity or trustee-manager in question (as the case may be) to do as follows (whichever is applicable):
LTA
“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;
remove the individual as the chief executive officer, the chairperson of the board of directors or a director of the designated entity or trustee-manager, as the case may be;
reinstate the individual as the chief executive officer, the chairperson of the board of directors or a director of the designated entity or trustee-manager, as the case may be;
remove the person as a manager of or partner in the designated entity.
A direction issued under this section (including a direction varied under section 28Q(2)) has effect despite the provisions of any other written law or anything contained in the memorandum or articles of association, limited liability partnership agreement, partnership contract, trust deed or other constitution, of the designated entity or trustee-manager in question.
limited liability partnership
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;
Nothing in subsection (2) is to be taken as depriving a person who is removed under that subsection of compensation or damages payable to the person in respect of the termination of his or her appointment as the chief executive officer, the chairperson of the board of directors, a director, or the person’s removal as a manager or partner.
chief executive officer
“chief executive officer”, in relation to a licensee, means an individual (by whatever name described) who —(a)is in the direct employment of, or acting for or by arrangement with, the licensee; or(b)is principally responsible for the management and conduct of the business of the licensee in operating a bus service, bus depot or bus interchange, as the case may be,and includes an individual for the time being performing all or any of the functions or duties of a chief executive officer;