Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Land Acquisition Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Commissioner” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “common property” and “lot” have the same respective meanings as in the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158);”;
by inserting, immediately after the word “includes” in the definition of “land” in subsection (1), the words “any foreshore, and”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “land” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “management corporation”, in relation to any land comprised in a strata title plan, means the management corporation constituted in respect of that strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act;“non‑lot acquisition” means an acquisition under this Act of any common property (and no other land) comprised in a strata title plan;”;
by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “person interested” in subsection (1) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “strata title plan” and “subsidiary proprietor” have the same respective meanings as in the Land Titles (Strata) Act.”;
by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(a);
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the following paragraph:“(b)the management corporation for a strata title plan shall be deemed the person entitled to act for, and the person authorised to receive service within Singapore on behalf of, every subsidiary proprietor of every lot comprised in the strata title plan with reference only to any non‑lot acquisition relating to that strata title plan; and”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(iv) and sections 34 and 35 of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act (Cap. 30C), a management corporation for a strata title plan is deemed for the purposes of this Act, competent to receive the compensation money payable under this Act for any non‑lot acquisition relating to that strata title plan.”.