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National Parks Act

(CHAPTER 198A)

(Original Enactment: Act 22 of 1996)

REVISED EDITION 1997

(30th May 1997)

An Act to reconstitute the National Parks Board and to provide for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the Parks and Recreation Department to the National Parks Board, and for matters connected therewith.

[1st July 1996]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the National Parks Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“animal” means any member of the animal kingdom including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and every kind of vertebrate and invertebrate and the eggs and young thereof;

“Board” means the National Parks Board established under the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Ed.) in force before 1st July 1996 and continued by section 3;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board and includes any acting Chairman of the Board;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Board and includes any person acting in that capacity;

“green area” means any State land which is vacant or utilised as green verge of premises occupied by the Government, parkland, verge or traffic island in a road reserve, park connector, or any other area managed and maintained by the Board;

“member” means a member of the Board;

“national park” means any area of land designated for the time being in Part I of the Fifth Schedule;

“nature reserve” means any area of land designated for the time being in Part II of the Fifth Schedule;

“parkland” means any State land or land of the Board which is utilised as a park or recreation ground;

“Parks and Recreation Department” means the Parks and Recreation Department of the Ministry of National Development;

“plant” means any member of the plant kingdom including angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes, bryophytes, algae, lichens and fungi;

“verge” means any area by the side of a public street, whether turfed or not.

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