Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Coastal Protection and Other Amendments Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 18A

In the PU Act, in section 18A —

(a)

in subsection (1)(a), replace “coastal management” wherever it appears with “coastal administration”; and

(b)

after subsection (3), insert —“(4) In this section —“coastal administration” includes the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and management of the coastal zone to mitigate current and future risks from coastal hazards, taking into account the effects of climate change;“coastal hazard” means any of the following:

(a)

beach or foreshore erosion;

(b)

coastal slope instability;

(c)

coastal inundation;

(d)

tidal inundation;

(e)

erosion and inundation of the coastal zone caused by tidal waters and the action of waves, including the interaction of those waters with catchment floodwater;“coastal zone” means any of the following in Singapore:

(a)

littoral beaches, foreshores, tidal wetlands, estuaries, coastal swamps, mangrove areas, littoral forests or minor coastal streams, whether or not of a saline, freshwater or brackish nature;

(b)

all other areas at risk of being affected by coastal hazards, taking into account the effects of climate change;“foreshore” means the land lying between the high‑water mark and low-water mark of the sea as is ordinarily covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at spring tides.”.

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