Town Council of Holland-Bukit Panjang (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment) By-laws 2019

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Aug 2019

No. S 589

Town Councils Act

(CHAPTER 329A)

Town Council of Holland-Bukit Panjang
(Common Property and Open Spaces)
(Amendment) By-laws 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Town Councils Act, the Town Council for the Town of Holland‑Bukit Panjang makes the following By‑laws:

Citation and commencement

1. These By-laws are the Town Council of Holland‑Bukit Panjang (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment) By‑laws 2019 and come into operation on 1 September 2019.

Amendment of by-law 2

2. By-law 2 of the Town Council of Holland‑Bukit Panjang (Common Property and Open Spaces) By‑laws 2002 (G.N. No. S 60/2002) (called in these By‑laws the principal By‑laws) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “housing estate” in paragraph (1), the following definition:

“ “mobility aid” means any of the following carrying an individual who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking:

(a)	a wheelchair (motorised or otherwise);
(b)	a mobility scooter as defined by the Active Mobility Act 2017 (Act 3 of 2017);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “parking place” in paragraph (1), the following definition:

“ “public path” means a path declared under section 6 of the Active Mobility Act 2017 as a public path;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “on the road” in the definition of “vehicle” in paragraph (1), the words “, such as (but not limited to) a bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle or personal mobility device (as defined by the Active Mobility Act 2017, but excludes any mobility aid”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) These By-laws do not affect the rights of the public to pass along a public path within the Town of Holland‑Bukit Panjang in accordance with the Active Mobility Act 2017.”.

Amendment of by-law 8

3. By-law 8 of the principal By‑laws is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “a wheel‑chair used solely for the conveyance of persons suffering from some physical defect or disability” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “a mobility aid”; and

(b)

by renumbering the by‑law as paragraph (1) of that by‑law, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to any common property or open space that is a public path within the Town of Holland‑Bukit Panjang.”.

Amendment of by-law 9

4. By-law 9 of the principal By‑laws is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraphs:

“(4) If the owner of the detained or removed vehicle, or the person who had lawful possession of the vehicle when it was detained or removed, does not claim the vehicle within 30 days after the date notice is given or displayed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) or (2) of the detention or removal, as the case may be, the Town Council may sell the vehicle or otherwise dispose of it.

(5) The Town Council may apply the proceeds of the sale or disposal of the vehicle to meet the expenses reasonably incurred by the Town Council in the detention, removal, sale or disposal of the vehicle under this by‑law, before paying the balance (if any) of the proceeds to the owner of the vehicle.”.

Savings

5. Despite by-law 4, by‑law 9 of the principal By‑laws as in force immediately before 1 September 2019 continues to apply to and in relation to any vehicle detained or removed before that date under that by‑law 9 as if these By‑laws were not enacted.

[G.N. No. S 579/2012]

Made on 28 August 2019.

TEO HO PIN

Chairman,
The Town Council for
the Town of Holland-Bukit Panjang,
Singapore.

[HBPTC CPOP By-Law 2019; AG/LEGIS/SL/329A/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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