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Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Security Directives

55. Security directive for other premises to mitigate risk of act of terrorism

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(1)

This section applies to any of the following premises that is not a special development or a special infrastructure:

(a)

a protected area;

(b)

a protected place;

(c)

any other premises that is a public place (called in this section public premises).

(2)

If the Commissioner is of the opinion that it is necessary to mitigate the risk of an act of terrorism against any protected area, protected place or public premises, the Commissioner may issue a security directive to the authority of that protected area or that protected place or the owner of that public premises (collectively called in this section the responsible person) —

(a)

directing the responsible person to implement and maintain any security measure specified in the security directive, in response to that risk; and

(b)

specifying the date on which the security directive is to take effect and the period within which any direction in the security directive must be complied with.

(3)

The security measures under subsection (2)(a) must not include any measure for the strengthening of the structural elements of the protected area, protected place or public premises against blast effects.

(4)

Where the public premises has more than one owner at any time, each of those persons —

(a)

is jointly and severally responsible at that time for discharging the duties of the owner of the public premises under this Act; and

(b)

may jointly and severally exercise at that time the powers of the owner of the public premises under this Act.

(5)

Before issuing the security directive, the Commissioner must, unless the Commissioner considers it not practicable or desirable to do so in any particular case —

(a)

give notice of the Commissioner’s intention to do so to the responsible person; and

(b)

give the responsible person 14 days (or any longer or shorter time that the Commissioner may specify in the notice) after the date of the notice to make representations on the proposed security directive.

(6)

To avoid doubt, except as provided in this section, the Commissioner is not required to give any person notice of, or consult any person on, the Commissioner’s intention to issue a security directive under subsection (2).

Terms defined in s 2

act of terrorism
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“act of terrorism” means any of the following:(a)a terrorist bombing offence within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act 2007;(b)a terrorist act within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002;
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Commissioner
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“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection appointed under section 5, and (subject to any condition or restriction imposed under that section) includes a Deputy Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection or an Assistant Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection appointed under that section;
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premises
Defined · s 2
“premises” includes —(a)any building;(b)any land, whether built on or not;(c)any body of water; and(d)any area or place, whether or not enclosed, and whether underground or underwater;
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protected area
Defined · s 2
“protected area” means any premises in Singapore declared in a protected area order to be a protected area;
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protected place
Defined · s 2
“protected place” means any premises in Singapore declared in a protected place order to be a protected place;
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public place
Defined · s 2
“public place” means any premises to which the public, or a section of the public, ordinarily has access, whether on payment, by invitation, as of right, or by express or implied permission;
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responsible person
Defined · s 2
“responsible person”, for a special development or a special infrastructure, has the meaning given to that expression in section 32;
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security measure
Defined · s 2
“security measure” includes any installation, equipment, works, action or procedure manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of reducing a security risk;
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special development
Defined · s 2
“special development” means a new development designated as a special development under section 34;
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special infrastructure
Defined · s 2
“special infrastructure” means —(a)a special infrastructure described in section 40; or(b)any premises designated as a special infrastructure under section 41;
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