This Act establishes the Sentosa Development Corporation and defines key terms used in the Act.
Sentosa Development Corporation Act 1972 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to establish the Sentosa Development Corporation and for purposes connected therewith. [1 September 1972] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Sentosa Development Corporation Act 1972. Interpretation 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Corporation; “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Corporation, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; “Corporation” means the Sentosa Development Corporation established under this Act; “Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Corporation; “float” means any floating structure normally used as a point of transfer for passengers and goods and for mooring purposes; “land” includes land covered by water and any interest in land; “Marina Superintendent” means the Marina Superintendent appointed under section 26 and includes any Deputy or Assistant Marina Superintendent appointed under that section; “marine facilities” means facilities either owned by the Corporation or any lessee of any land in Sentosa that are intended primarily to be used by or for the service of vessels (including floats, ramps, hoists, parking areas, leased water areas, concessions and service facilities) located on land in Sentosa or in the waters and waterways of Sentosa; “master”, in relation to a vessel, means any person having or taking command, charge or management of the vessel for the time being; “member” means a member of the Corporation; “mooring” includes anchoring; “owner” — (a) in relation to any area of the waters of Sentosa, means the person who has leased the area from the Corporation; and (b) in relation to a vessel, includes the charterer of the vessel; “Sentosa” means all that part of the island known as Sentosa which was transferred to and vested in the Corporation on 1 September 1972 by virtue of section 41, the bridge known as Gateway Avenue linking Sentosa and the main island of Singapore and any land reclaimed from the foreshore of Sentosa which is transferred to or leased by the State to the Corporation; “vessel” means every description of vessel however propelled or moved and includes any thing constructed or used to carry persons or goods by water and a seaplane on or in the water, a hovercraft and a hydrofoil vessel; “waters of Sentosa” means all the inland waters of Sentosa that are — (a) vested in or leased to the Corporation; or (b) managed or controlled by the Corporation, whether or not the lands lying under the inland waters are vested in or leased to the Corporation or leased by the Corporation to others; “waterways” means any area of the waters of Sentosa providing access from one place to another, principally a water area providing a regular route for waterborne traffic. [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] (2) To avoid doubt, it is declared that, for the purposes of the definition of “Sentosa” in subsection (1), “land reclaimed from the foreshore of Sentosa” includes land that — (a) is formerly an island separate from the island of Sentosa; and (b) becomes contiguous with the island of Sentosa because of land reclamation. [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]