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Cross-Border Railways Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Cross‑Border Railway Administration

45. Notice of intended opening of cross-border railway

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), the concessionaire under a concession agreement granted under Part 3 for a cross‑border railway, or the LTA if no concession agreement is granted, must at least 3 months before the intended date of opening of the cross‑border railway —

(a)

cause notice to be given in writing to the Minister of the intention to open the railway; and

(b)

apply to the Minister for approval under section 46 to open the railway.

(2)

The Minister may, in his or her discretion or on application, reduce the period of or dispense with the notice mentioned in subsection (1).

(3)

In this Part, opening a cross-border railway means to start providing to the public cross‑border train services on the cross‑border railway, and includes —

(a)

selling, offering to sell or advertising for sale any ticket for carriage on a train as part of those services; or

(b)

supplying a ticket for carriage on a train as part of those services, in circumstances in which the supplier derives a direct benefit, pecuniary or otherwise.

Terms defined in s 2

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;
Open s 2
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;
Open s 2
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;
Open s 2
cross-border train
Defined · s 2
“cross-border train” means a train used for or in connection with providing a cross‑border train service;
Open s 2
LTA
Defined · s 2
“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;
Open s 2
railway
Defined · s 2
“railway” means a network or system of fixed horizontal rails, tracks, grooves or other guide‑ways on, under or above the ground along which a train moves or runs, and includes —(a)all railway assets built, installed or used for the operation of the railway; and(b)all railway infrastructure constructed or intended to be constructed for any railway and any extension of the railway;
Open s 2
ticket
Defined · s 2
“ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the carriage of any passenger on a cross‑border train service;
Open s 2
train
Defined · s 2
“train” means a carriage, tram, car or other vehicle for the carriage of passengers on a railway;
Open s 2

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