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NO. 41 OF 2017
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1. This Act is the Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“act of terrorism” means any of the following:
- (a) a terrorist bombing offence within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act (Cap. 324A);
- (b) a terrorist act within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (Cap. 325);
“Appeal Advisory Board” means the Appeal Advisory Board established under section 63;
“approved security plan”, for a special development or a special infrastructure, means any security plan that is approved by the Commissioner and is in force for that special development or that special infrastructure under this Act;
“authorised officer”, for a protected area or a protected place, means—
- (a) a police officer;
- (b) an officer or a senior military expert of the Singapore Armed Forces;
- (c) a soldier of the Singapore Armed Forces who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place;
- (d) an officer or a member of a visiting force lawfully present in Singapore who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place under the terms
