Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Infrastructure Protection (Protected Areas and Protected Places) (Photography) (Exemption) Order 2018

Regulation 3

Exemption for authorised trials and unmanned aircrafts

Amended byS 77/2023 wef 20/02/2023

Subregulation 1

Section 29(1) of the Act does not apply to a person taking a photograph of a protected area or a protected place during an authorised trial using any equipment of the autonomous motor vehicle or automated vehicle technology used in the trial.

Subregulation 2

Sections 29(1) and 30(4) of the Act do not apply to a person taking a photograph of a protected area or a protected place using any equipment on board an unmanned aircraft while the unmanned aircraft is in flight if —

(a)

the unmanned aircraft is operated at that time under the authority of and in accordance with the relevant air navigation permit or air navigation permits required for that unmanned aircraft in paragraph 72F of the Air Navigation Order; or

(b)

the photograph is taken in accordance with a permit given by a competent security officer.

Subregulation 3

Where the person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2) is not the operator of the unmanned aircraft mentioned in that sub‑paragraph, section 30(4) of the Act does not also apply to the operator of that unmanned aircraft if sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) is satisfied.