Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Coastal Protection and Other Amendments Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

In the Public Utilities Act 2001 (called in this Act the PU Act), in section 2 —

(a)

replace the definitions of “coastal hazard”, “coastal management” and “coastal zone” with —“ “coastal flooding” means flooding of land by seawater, as more particularly described in section 2A of the Sewerage, Drainage and Coastal Protection Act 1999;“coastal management” means the adaptation of Singapore to current and future impacts of coastal flooding, taking into account the effects of climate change, and includes the carrying out of coastal protection works;“coastal protection measure” means any structure or geographical or nature‑based feature, together with any ancillary structure, plant, equipment, or geographical or nature‑based feature, that may function as protection against coastal flooding, as more particularly described in section 2B of the Sewerage, Drainage and Coastal Protection Act 1999;“coastal protection works” means any of the following activities:

(a)

(whether by construction or otherwise) putting in place, expanding or altering (including by adding, demolishing or removing) any or any part of a coastal protection measure;

(b)

constructing or acquiring any electrical installation or substation necessary to support the function of any coastal protection measure, and connecting any part of a coastal protection measure to an electricity source;

(c)

maintaining, repairing, inspecting or monitoring any or any part of a coastal protection measure;

(d)

any activity to support any of the activities in paragraph (a) (including improving ground conditions and undertaking any study or survey for or to facilitate the designing of any or any part of a coastal protection measure);”; and

(b)

delete the definition of “foreshore”.