Singapore legislation
Clause 8
of Trees and Plants (Preservation and Improvement of Amenities) Bill
Clause 8
Superintendent may serve notice for enhancing amenity of land adjoining designated public roads
(1)
For the purpose of preserving or enhancing the amenity of any land adjoining or abutting on or near to a designated public road, the Superintendent may serve on the occupier of such land a notice requiring him, within such period as may be specified in the notice —
to plant any trees and plants of such size and species and at such places as may be so specified and to provide for their maintenance and protection; or
to clear the land of weeds and overgrown grasses.
(2)
A notice under subsection (1) of this section may be addressed to the occupier without stating his name and may be served either by —
delivering it personally to the occupier;
leaving it with an adult at his usual or last known place of abode or business; or
sending it by registered post addressed to him at his usual or last known place of abode or business.
(3)
A notice under subsection (1) of this section shall take effect at the end of such period (not being less than fourteen days after service thereof) as may be specified in the notice.
(4)
A person on whom a notice under subsection (1) of this section is served may, at any time within the period specified in the notice as the period at the end of which it is to take effect, appeal to the Minister in the prescribed manner against the notice on the grounds that —
the planting of trees and plants in accordance with the notice is not required in the interest of amenity;
the place on which the trees and plants are required to be planted is unsuitable for the purpose; or
the requirements of the notice are otherwise impracticable.
(5)
The decision of the Minister upon the determination of such appeal shall be final.
(6)
For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, a designated public road means a public road or part thereof as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, designate.