Singapore Statutes Online - 11 - Street Works (Amendment) Act 2003

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Amendment of section 2

3. Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “authenticated under section 15” in the penultimate line of the definition of “owner” and substituting the words “prepared under section 10”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “premises”, the following definition:

“ “private footway” means any footway that is not vested in the Government and that —

(a)

is intended pursuant to a planning or conservation permission granted by the competent authority under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) to be used mainly for the movement or passage of people on foot, and is used or intended to be used —

(i)

as a link either underground or at the second or upper storey level between 2 developments across their common boundary;

(ii)

as a link either underground or at the second or upper storey level between a development and a station of the rapid transit system, a bus terminal or a bus interchange; or

(iii)

as a link over or underneath a public street between 2 developments or parts of the same development;

(b)

is connected to a station of the rapid transit system, a bus terminal or a bus interchange and is used or intended to be used as a means of access between such station, bus terminal or bus interchange and a public street;

(c)

is on a bridge or underpass directly connected to and is over or underneath a public street; or

(d)

is located in a single holding and fronting, adjoining or abutting a public street;”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “public street” and substituting the following definition:

“ “public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way and which has become vested in the Government under this Act or the repealed Act, or in any other manner;”; and

(d)

by deleting the definitions of “road related facility” and “road structure” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “road related facility” includes any traffic sign, directional sign, street name sign, traffic light, bus shelter, railing, lighting apparatus and any optical, electronic, communication, monitoring or computerised equipment necessary for the control and management of traffic, and any other road related structure and facility maintained by the Authority;

“road structure” includes any bridge, underpass, tunnel, earth retaining wall and ancillary buildings;”.