Sentosa Development Corporation Regulations

The Corporation may levy charges and fees and at different rates for admission into Sentosa or the other islands or any part thereof as the Corporation may, from time to time, determine.

The Corporation may levy such charges and fees and at different rates as it may determine from time to time for the use of any accommodation, services, works, buildings, landing places, recreation grounds, equipment, attractions and any other amenities or facilities in Sentosa that are provided, maintained, controlled or operated by the Corporation.

There shall be no refund of any such charges or fees to any person except at the discretion of the Corporation.

No person shall enter or leave Sentosa or the other islands except by entrances or exits authorised by the Corporation for such purpose.

The Corporation may open or close any entrance to or exit from Sentosa at such times as it considers expedient without incurring any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising as a result thereof.

No person shall enter Sentosa or any part thereof by any means except with the authorisation of the Corporation.

No person shall remain in Sentosa or the other islands outside the hours during which Sentosa or the other islands are open to the public unless the prior approval of the Corporation has been obtained.

Guests of hotels, beach cottages and other accommodation in Sentosa, residents in the resort area and other categories of personnel approved by the Corporation may be allowed to remain in Sentosa outside the hours during which Sentosa is open to the public.

No person in Sentosa or the other islands shall, without the prior approval in writing of the Corporation —

Such approval may be granted subject to such conditions (including the payment of a fee) as the Corporation thinks fit.

No person shall obstruct or cause or permit the obstruction of the lawful use of any area in Sentosa or the other islands with any object, fixture or thing.

The Corporation may remove and detain any object, fixture or thing that is obstructing the lawful use of any area in Sentosa or the other islands, or require the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing to remove it at his expense.

Where the Corporation removes and detains any object, fixture or thing that is obstructing the lawful use of any area in Sentosa or the other islands, the Corporation shall give written notice to the owner, or person who had lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing when it was removed and detained, that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Corporation, claim possession from the Corporation within 30 days of such removal and detention.

If the object, fixture or thing removed and detained by the Corporation is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or person who had lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing when it was removed and detained, the Corporation may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of the object, fixture or thing, and the proceeds of the sale or disposal shall be applied firstly to the expenses incurred by the Corporation in the removal and detention, and sale or disposal, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner or person.

No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign in Sentosa or the other islands without the approval of the Corporation and except under such conditions as the Corporation thinks fit to impose.

All applications for approval for the display of any sign shall be made in writing and each application shall specify —

The Corporation may, if it considers that any sign has been displayed or altered without the prior written approval of the Corporation, remove the sign, or require the occupier of land on which the sign is displayed to remove the sign.

No person shall repair, paint, spray, test or service any vehicle or vessel except in such places as may be designated by the Corporation.

No person shall cause or permit a vessel to be refuelled except in such places as may be designated by the Corporation.

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to such repairs as may be reasonably necessary to enable the vehicle or vessel to be removed from any property of the Corporation.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

The Corporation may appoint any member or employee of the Corporation, or any other person, as an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations.

The Corporation may for the purpose of regulating traffic, cause or permit traffic signs to be placed, erected and maintained on or near any road or place in Sentosa or the other islands.

Where any traffic sign has been lawfully placed on or near any road or place, no person driving or riding any vehicle or any pedestrian shall —

No person shall drive or ride a vehicle into or within Sentosa or the other islands unless he has a vehicle permit issued by the Corporation for his vehicle or unless he is otherwise exempted by the Corporation.

The Corporation may refuse to issue a vehicle permit without assigning any reason.

If the Corporation issues a vehicle permit it may impose such conditions as the Corporation thinks fit.

No person shall use or attempt to use a vehicle permit that has expired or has been cancelled, altered, damaged or tampered with for the purpose of entering or travelling within Sentosa.

No person shall drive or ride a vehicle within Sentosa other than to the destination or destinations stated on the vehicle permit.

Where(a)a vehicle breaks down, or is parked or permitted to stand on a road, in such a position or condition or in such circumstances —

Any person removing a vehicle under these Regulations may do so by towing or driving the vehicle or in such other manner as he thinks fit and any person detaining a vehicle under these Regulations may do so by using a detention device.

No person shall, without the authority of the Corporation, remove or attempt to remove —

In this regulation, “detention device” means any device or appliance approved by the Corporation designed or adapted to be fixed to any part of a vehicle for the purpose of preventing the vehicle from being driven or otherwise put in motion.

Where any vehicle is detained or removed and detained under regulation 18, the Corporation shall give notice in writing of the detention or removal and detention to the owner of the vehicle or the person who had lawful possession of the vehicle when it was detained or removed, and that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Corporation in respect of such detention and removal, claim possession of the vehicle.

The Corporation may detain any vehicle detained or removed and detained under regulation 18 until all expenses incurred by the Corporation in respect of the detention and removal have been paid.

The Corporation may levy such charges as it may, from time to time, determine for the parking of any vehicle in any parking place within Sentosa.

Any person using a parking place in Sentosa shall obey all lawful directions given to him by any authorised person at such parking place and shall prior to the removal of his vehicle from such parking place, pay the appropriate parking charges.

No person shall park in any season parking place in Sentosa unless he is in possession of a season parking ticket issued by the Corporation for that parking place or is authorised by the Corporation so to park.

Any person using a season parking place in Sentosa shall display the season parking ticket on the near side of the front windscreen of the vehicle.

The Corporation may erect such signs or signboards in Sentosa as it considers necessary for the direction of drivers and the regulation of movement of vehicles within a parking place.

Any person driving or parking a vehicle within a parking place in Sentosa shall obey all the signs or signboards erected by the Corporation in the parking place.

Unless otherwise authorised by the Corporation, no person shall cause or permit any vessel —

No person shall cause or permit any vessel in the waterways or waters of Sentosa to anchor, moor, lie or loiter in such a manner as to obstruct other vessels or the approach to any float or marine facilities.

No person shall navigate or operate a vessel on the waterways or waters of Sentosa or any part thereof —

Speed restrictions imposed by the Corporation shall not apply to any fire-fighting vessel proceeding to a fire or to any craft engaged in rescue operations or to any Corporation or Government craft on urgent duty or to any other craft in cases where a temporary increase in speed is necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.

The owner or person in control of a vessel driven, operated or used within the waterways or waters of Sentosa shall cause the vessel to be fitted with mechanical means of propulsion and shall be fitted with such mechanical means to reverse or stop.

No person shall drive or operate a vessel within the waterways or waters of Sentosa unless the vessel is driven or operated by mechanical means of propulsion.

No person shall operate or navigate, or attempt to operate or navigate, any vessel in the waterways or waters of Sentosa if he is under the influence of alcohol, or of a drug or an intoxicating substance, to such an extent as to be incapable of having control of the vessel.

The owner or master of a vessel in the waterways or waters of Sentosa shall not permit a person who is under the influence of alcohol, or of a drug or an intoxicating substance, to such an extent as to be incapable of having control of the vessel or to be a danger to the safety of the vessel or any person on board the vessel, to operate or navigate the vessel, or board the vessel, as the case may be.

The master or person-in-charge of a vessel in the waterways or waters of Sentosa shall ensure that his vessel is at all material times adequately secured and that the moorings are tendered as may be required by the rise and fall of the tide, the passing of other vessels or adverse weather conditions.

Every vessel which berths in the waterways or waters of Sentosa shall remain under the charge of the master or person-in-charge who shall take all steps necessary to preserve the safety and security of such vessel.

No person shall cause or permit a vessel to make fast to any bridge, railing or other object on land that is not intended for that purpose.

No person shall in the waterways or waters of Sentosa exhibit a bright light in such a manner as to endanger navigation or impede aids to nagivation.

The Marina Superintendent may direct any person exhibiting, or having control of, such a light to alter or remove the light.

An application for a permit to be issued under section 18B of the Act shall be made on such form as may be issued by the Corporation together with building plans —

The Corporation may, where it considers it necessary, require additional sets of plans or enlarged details, specifications or other relevant information or documents to be submitted.