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Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Provisions Relating to Staff

11A. Powers of outsourced enforcement officers

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

The Chief Executive must issue to each outsourced enforcement officer a written authorisation specifying such of the powers expressly specified in any land transport legislation as exercisable by an outsourced enforcement officer, as what the outsourced enforcement officer may exercise, and no other powers.

(2)

The authorisation of the Chief Executive under subsection (1) issued to an outsourced enforcement officer may also do all or any of the following:

(a)

limit the powers mentioned in subsection (1) that the outsourced enforcement officer may exercise;

(b)

limit when, and where in Singapore, the outsourced enforcement officer may exercise those powers or any of them;

(c)

limit the circumstances in which the outsourced enforcement officer may exercise those powers or any of them.

(3)

To avoid doubt, the Chief Executive cannot authorise under this section an outsourced enforcement officer to arrest any individual.

(4)

The powers that an outsourced enforcement officer may be authorised under this section to exercise may be exercised only —

(a)

when in uniform, and upon production of the identification card issued under section 11(3);

(b)

to the extent authorised by the Chief Executive under subsection (1); and

(c)

as directed (generally or specially) by an officer or employee of the Authority.

(5)

An outsourced enforcement officer who is authorised under subsection (1) to exercise any power expressly specified in any land transport legislation as exercisable by an outsourced enforcement officer is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when exercising that power.

(6)

Without limiting subsection (5), where any law or written law protects an officer or employee of the Authority from liability for the officer’s or employee’s acts or omissions, that law or written law is taken to operate as if those acts or omissions included an outsourced enforcement officer’s acts or omissions when acting in the course of his or her duty as an outsourced enforcement officer in accordance —

(a)

with the authorisation of the Chief Executive under subsection (1); and

(b)

with subsection (4).

(7)

To avoid doubt, an outsourced enforcement officer does not cease to be acting on the direction of an officer or employee of the Authority by reason only that the officer or employee of the Authority is not present at all times.