Singapore legislation

Clause 16

Heritage road green buffers

(1)

If, after consulting the Board, it appears to the Minister expedient to conserve the flora or vegetation in any area of Singapore (not within any national park or nature reserve) as important elements of the surrounding streetscape or landscape, the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, designate —

(a)

any green verge (whether within or outside a tree conservation area); or

(b)

any other area located along or on land fronting, adjoining or abutting any street (whether within or outside a tree conservation area),as a heritage road green buffer.

(2)

A copy of any map of a heritage road green buffer published in the Gazette, being a copy purporting to be certified by the Commissioner as being a true copy of the map so published, shall be admissible in any legal proceedings and shall be evidence of the matters contained in the map.

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