Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Transport Safety Investigations (Railway Occurrences) Regulations 2023

Regulation 8

Meaning of “immediately reportable matter”

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 12(1) of the Act, for a railway occurrence, an immediately reportable matter is —

(a)

a rail casualty; or

(b)

a serious rail incident,that occurs in the territory of Singapore.

Subregulation 2

In paragraph (1), a “serious rail incident” means any rail incident as follows:

(a)

the rail vehicle —

(i)

is involved in a collision or derailment;

(ii)

sustained serious damage;

(iii)

caused or sustained a fire or explosion; or

(iv)

caused serious damage to the rail infrastructure of that railway, which poses a threat to the safe passage of the rail vehicle or other rail vehicles, or to the safety of any individual, property or the environment;

(b)

there is an unplanned or uncontrolled movement of any rail vehicle;

(c)

a signal passed at danger on a mainline track of a railway.