18. Concession agreement for railway infrastructure

Terms defined in s 2

• concession agreement

  concession agreement

  Defined · s 2

  “concession agreement” means an agreement entered into between the Government and a person (called in this Act the concessionaire) in return for the undertaking of such obligations by the person as may be specified in the agreement with respect to the design, construction, maintenance, operation or improvement of a cross‑border railway, and includes a concession agreement as varied or supplemented from time to time;

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• concessionaire

  concessionaire

  Defined · s 2

  “concessionaire” means the person who is a party to the concession agreement, and includes the person for the time being entitled to exercise those rights because of an assignment or transfer of the agreement to that person;

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• construction

  construction

  Defined · s 2

  “construction”, in relation to railway infrastructure, includes —(a)the reconstruction or realignment of the railway infrastructure; and(b)permanently improving the railway infrastructure or otherwise bringing it to a higher standard,and any associated design, investigative and engineering studies, but does not include the maintenance and management of the railway infrastructure;

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• cross-border railway

  cross-border railway

  Defined · s 2

  “cross-border railway” means a railway which —(a)has a railway network with a terminus in Singapore and runs to any part of peninsular Malaysia; and(b)is constructed under this Act;

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 2

  “land” has the meaning given by the Land Titles Act 1993;

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• LTA

  LTA

  Defined · s 2

  “LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;

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• maintenance

  maintenance

  Defined · s 2

  “maintenance” includes the prevention, detection and rectification of any fault;

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• railway infrastructure

  railway infrastructure

  Defined · s 2

  “railway infrastructure”, in relation to a cross‑border railway, means any of the following buildings or structures within Singapore that is used or intended to be used for the cross‑border railway, but not including any railway asset in or on the building or structure:(a)a train station;(b)a railway tunnel;(c)a viaduct;(d)a bridge;(e)a railway yard;(f)a maintenance facility for trains and maintenance or engineering vehicles used for or in connection with the railway;(g)any other building or structure prescribed as railway infrastructure for that cross‑border railway;

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