Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Application of Act
(1)
Except where provided by this section, this Act applies to any transport occurrence, whenever occurring.
(2)
This Act applies in respect of aviation occurrences —
in or over Singapore; or
in or over any place outside Singapore if —
Singapore is requested to investigate, or to participate or assist in the investigation of, the aviation occurrence by an appropriate foreign authority; or
the aviation occurrence —
involves an aircraft in respect of which, or that is operated by a person to whom, an aviation safety instrument is or has been issued under the Air Navigation Act; and
is in a location which cannot be definitely established as being in the territory of any country and evidential material relating to the aviation occurrence is found in Singapore.
(3)
This Act applies in respect of marine occurrences —
in Singapore; or
in or over any place outside Singapore if —
Singapore is requested to investigate, or to participate or assist in the investigation of, the marine occurrence by an appropriate foreign authority;
the marine occurrence involves a Singapore ship or other ship licensed under any written law administered by the MPA; or
a witness to, or a person having information concerning a matter that may have contributed to, the marine occurrence arrives or is found at any place in Singapore.
(4)
This Act applies in respect of railway occurrences happening on or after the relevant date —
in Singapore; or
in any place outside Singapore, if Singapore is requested to investigate, or to participate or assist in the investigation of, the railway occurrence by an appropriate foreign authority.
(5)
In subsection (4), “relevant date” means a date specified in an order made by the Minister and published in the Gazette for the purposes of that subsection.
(6)
This Act applies in respect of occurrences happening in Singapore involving the operation of a public passenger service motor vehicle.