Words starting with R

race course

Defined in Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987, s 2

“means any land used for the purpose of a race meeting”

race meeting

Defined in Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987, s 2

“means a meeting for the purpose of horse racing”

radiation

Defined in Radiation Protection Act, s 2

“means ionising radiation or non-ionising radiation”

Also defined in 1 other Act

radio waves

Defined in Broadcasting and Television Act, s 2

“means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 gigacycles per second propagated in space without artificial guide”

Also defined in 1 other Act

radio-communication

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“means any telecommunication by means of Hertzian or radio waves”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

radio-communication service

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“means any service for radio-communications”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

radio-communication system

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“means any system used or intended to be used for radio-communications”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

radioactive material

Defined in Terrorism (Suppression of Misuse of Radioactive Material) Act 2017, s 2

“means any nuclear material or any other radioactive substance”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

radioactive substance

Defined in Terrorism (Suppression of Misuse of Radioactive Material) Act 2017, s 2

“means any substance —(a)that contains one or more nuclides that undergo spontaneous disintegration accompanied by the emission of one or more types of ionising radiation; and(b)that, owing to its radiological or fissile properties, may …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

radioactive waste

Defined in Radiation Protection Act, s 2

“means any waste which consists wholly or partly of —(a)the substance or article which, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or(b)a substance or article which has been contaminated in the course of the production, keeping or …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

radionuclide

Defined in Radiation Protection Act, s 2

“means an isotope of any element which spontaneously emits any ionizing radiation”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Rail Infrastructure Fund

Defined in Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995, s 2

“means the fund of that name established under section 13C”

rail safety inspector

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means an individual who is appointed under section 50 as a rail safety inspector”

railway

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means a network or system of fixed horizontal rails, tracks, grooves or other guide‑ways on, under or above the ground along which a train moves or runs, and includes —(a)all railway assets built, installed or used for the operation of the …”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

railway accident

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“means an occurrence associated with the cross‑border railway where —(a)a cross‑border train used for or in connection with providing a cross‑border train service using the cross‑border railway —(i)is destroyed or seriously damaged …”

railway administration

Defined in Railways Act 1905, s 2

“means the manager and includes the Government and also, so long as the railway is in the course of construction, the resident engineer, and, in the case of a railway administered by a railway company, means the railway company”

Also defined in 1 other Act

railway area

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means the land delineated as such in plans and maps prepared, amended or replaced under section 5(1) or (5)”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

railway asset

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means any of the following within Singapore that is used or intended to be used for or in connection with the cross‑border railway:(a)any train and rolling stock;(b)train tracks;(c)railway signalling equipment;(d)railway communications …”

railway assets contract

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 22”

railway assets operating licence

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means a licence granted under section 31 authorising the licensee to manage railway assets of a cross‑border railway specified in the licence”

railway commuter facility

Defined in Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995, s 2

“means —(a)a pedestrian facility (such as ramps, overhead bridges, footpaths, escalators, stairs and lifts) for or connected or facilitating access to the railway comprised in any rapid transit system;(b)a bicycle parking facility or …”

railway company

Defined in Railways Act 1905, s 2

“includes any person or persons, whether incorporated or not, who are owners or lessees of a railway or parties to an agreement for working a railway, but shall not include the government of Malaysia”

railway employee

Defined in Railways Act 1905, s 2

“includes the manager, the assistant managers, and all such officers, employees, agents and other persons as are employed to do any act upon a railway”

railway infrastructure

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“means any of the following buildings or structures, within or outside Singapore, that is used for or in connection with the cross‑border railway:(a)a train station;(b)a railway tunnel;(c)a viaduct;(d)a bridge;(e)a railway yard;(f)a …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

railway network

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means —(a)any railway line, or combination of railway lines; and(b)any installation associated with any track comprised in that line or those lines,together constituting a system of tracks and other installations which is used solely for …”

railway official

Defined in Railways Act 1905, s 2

“includes all persons employed by or on behalf of the railway administration to perform any function in connection with a railway.”

railway premises

Defined in Rapid Transit Systems Act, s 2

“means any area, space or building owned or occupied by the Corporation which is designed, equipped or set apart for the carriage of passengers by train or for affording facilities incidental to the carriage of passengers by train and …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

railway security checks

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“means carrying on any ordinary checking mentioned in section 5(1) or special checking mentioned in section 5(2) for the purpose of safeguarding against any railway security incident associated with a cross‑border railway”

railway security incident

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 54

“means a threatened act of unlawful interference or an act of unlawful interference”

Also defined in 1 other Act

railway works

Defined in Building and Construction Authority Act 1999, s 27

“means any works for the construction, reconstruction or realignment, or the permanent improvement of a railway”