Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 13/1989

Read the first time on 19th January 1989.
An Act to amend the Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) Act (Chapter 60 of the 1985 Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act may be cited as the Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1989 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 2
2.  Section 2 of the Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) Act is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Board”, the following definition:
“ “conservation area” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Planning Act [Cap. 232];”; and
(b)by deleting the definition of “develop” and substituting the following definition:
“ “develop” means to carry out —
(a)any building, engineering or other operations in, on or over land; or
(b)any renovation or building works on any premises situated within a conservation area which would enhance or restore the character or appearance of those premises,
in accordance with a plan for development; and “development” shall be construed accordingly;”.