Singapore legislation

Regulation 19B

of Amusement Rides Safety Regulations 2011

Regulation 19B

Further duties of operator of free-fall jump device

Amended byS 465/2020 wef 01/01/2021

The operator of a free-fall jump device must —

(a)

ensure that the catch device used for the free‑fall jump device has a suitable landing area, position and cushioning to safely slow down and stop the fall of the patron;

(b)

ensure that the use of the free‑fall jump device is at all times directly supervised by one or more employees of the operator, and any employee supervising the free‑fall jump device does not have more than one patron under the employee’s supervision at any one time; (c)ensure that only one patron jumps off the structure onto the catch device at any one time;

(d)

ensure that the structure that allows a patron to jump off onto the catch device is —

(i)

a static structure; and

(ii)

designed and built only for the purposes of the free‑fall jump device; and

(e)

ensure that the vertical displacement of the free-fall jump device from the structure to the catch device does not exceed 50 metres.