Singapore legislation

Clause 24

Related amendments to National Parks Board Act

(1)

Section 2 of the National Parks Board Act (Cap. 198A) (called in this section the NPB Act) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Chief Executive”, the following definitions:“ “landscape industry” means an industry comprising persons who carry on any business or engage in any commercial activity in connection with one or more, or any part, or any combination, of the following:

(a)

landscaping works and services;

(b)

the supply of plants or landscaping or related products;“landscaping works and services” includes the provision of services in landscape design, landscape architecture, planting and landscaping, arboriculture maintenance, horticulture maintenance and turf maintenance;”.

(2)

Section 6(1) of the NPB Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (h); and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (i) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(i)to manage on behalf of the Government any State land used or to be used by the landscape industry and to promote the optimisation of the use of such land;

(j)

to promote the development, productivity and efficiency of the landscape industry;

(k)

to promote the advancement of skills and expertise of individuals in relation to any subject mentioned in paragraph (f) and of individuals employed in the landscape industry; and

(l)

to carry out such other functions and duties as are imposed upon the Board by or under this Act or any other written law.”.

(3)

Section 14 of the NPB Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Public servants14.—

(1)

All members, employees and agents of the Board are taken to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).(2) The members, officers and employees of the Board are, in relation to —

(a)

their administration, collection and enforcement of payment of composition sums under any Act administered by the Board; and

(b)

the management of State land in connection with the performance of any function under section 6(1)(a), (b), (ba), (g) or (i),taken to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109); and section 20 of that Act applies to each of these persons even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.(3) In this section, a reference to officers and employees of the Board includes a reference to persons seconded to the Board for any period.”.

(4)

Section 29 of the NPB Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“All moneys recovered to be paid to Board29.—

(1)

All moneys recovered or sums collected under this Act or any other Act administered by the Board, other than composition sums, are to be paid into and form part of the general funds of the Board.(2) All composition sums collected under any Act administered by the Board are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”.

(5)

The Second Schedule to the NPB Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “trees, plants and vegetation” in paragraph 2B and substituting the word “plants”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 8, the following paragraphs:“8A. To develop, conduct and certify training programmes for any subject matter relating to any function of the Board.8B. To establish, manage and administer any accreditation or certification scheme or a register, for any purpose relating to any function of the Board.”.

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