Street Works Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Public Streets
13. Removal of projections or obstructions
Feedback & supportThe Authority may give notice to the owner of any land or building in the street reserve requiring that owner to remove any object or structure described in the notice which is erected on or attached to, or projects from, the land or building if in the opinion of the Authority the removal of the object or structure is required for the purposes of the construction of any street.
A notice under subsection (1) may be given to the owner of any land or building and is deemed to have been received by the owner if it is affixed to some conspicuous part of the land or building to or from which the object or structure is erected or attached or projects from.
owner
“owner”, in relation to any premises, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the premises whether on the person’s own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or as receiver or who would receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant, and includes the person whose name is entered in the Valuation List prepared under section 10 of the Property Tax Act 1960;
A notice under subsection (1) must —
describe the object or structure to be removed;
stipulate the period within which the work of removal must be carried out;
be given to the owner of the land or building not later than 28 days before the commencement of that period; and
state that any person entitled to compensation in connection with the removal of the object or structure may serve a written claim upon the Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995.
If the owner of the land or building does not comply with a notice given to the owner under subsection (1), any person authorised in that behalf by the Authority may enter the land or building, together with such other persons as the person authorised thinks necessary, and remove the object or structure described in the notice or cause it to be removed by those other persons.
building
“building” means any permanent or temporary building and includes any structure or erection of whatever kind or nature (whether permanent or temporary) and in particular —(a)a wall (including a retaining wall), partition, gate, fence, paling, platform, staging, post, pillar, shoring, hoarding or frame;(b)a slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage or bridge;(c)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel; or(d)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, control centre, pump house, substation, drain, swimming pool or tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous matter;