46. Minister to approve opening of railway

Terms defined in this Act

• bilateral committee

  bilateral committee

  Defined · s 2

  “bilateral committee”, in relation to a bilateral railway agreement, means the committee of individuals established jointly by the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of Malaysia under the bilateral railway agreement for the purpose of coordinating the implementation of that agreement;

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• 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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• 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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• cross-border train

  cross-border train

  Defined · s 2

  “cross-border train” means a train used for or in connection with providing a cross‑border train service;

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• improve

  improve

  Defined · s 2

  “improve”, in relation to any railway infrastructure or railway asset, includes renewing the railway infrastructure or railway asset;

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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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• network services

  network services

  Defined · s 2

  “network services”, in relation to a railway, means —(a)the construction, maintenance, realignment and renewal of tracks of the railway;(b)the installation, operation, maintenance and renewal of a railway signalling system, railway communications system and railway control system;(c)the installation, operation, maintenance and renewal of operation control centres;(d)the installation, operation, maintenance and renewal of electrical conductor rails or overhead lines, of any support for electrical conductor rails or overhead lines, and of any electrical substation (including those for traction power or power connections) used or to be used in connection with those rails or lines, and the provision of electrical power by those means;(e)the provision and operation of services for the recovery or repair of trains or other rolling stock in connection with any accident on, or malfunction of, the railway network;(f)the operation of a train being used on a railway network for any purpose comprised in the operation of that network, including for a purpose preparatory or incidental to, or consequential on, using such a train;(g)the provision and operation of services for keeping the track free from, or serviceable despite, obstruction (whether by water, fallen leaves or any other natural or man‑made obstacle) or for removing any such obstruction;(h)the provision, operation, maintenance and renewal of any plan, equipment or machinery used in carrying out any activity specified in paragraphs (a) to (g);(i)the exercise of day-to-day control over train movements over or along any track comprised in the railway network, including the preparation of a timetable for purposes of such control; and(j)for a particular licensee, any other service which consists of, or is comprised in, the provision or operation of the railway network (or of any track or other installations comprised in that network), and which is specified in the licensee’s licence;

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• passenger

  passenger

  Defined · s 54

  “passenger” includes an intending passenger;

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• railway

  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;

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• railway asset

  railway asset

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  “railway asset”, for any cross‑border railway, means any of the following within Singapore that is used or intended to be used for or in connection with the cross‑border railway:(a)any train and rolling stock;(b)train tracks;(c)railway signalling equipment;(d)railway communications equipment;(e)power equipment;(f)any other item or property which is part of the network of the cross‑border railway and is prescribed as a railway asset for that cross‑border railway;

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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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