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No. S 596

Town Councils Act

(CHAPTER 329A)

Town Council of Sembawang
(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 Sembawang makes the following By-laws:

Citation and commencement

1. These By-laws are the Town Council of Sembawang (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 Sembawang (Common Property and Open Spaces) By‑laws 2016 (G.N. No. S 343/2016) (called in these By‑laws the principal By‑laws) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “common property”, 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”, the following definition:

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

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “on a road” in the definition of “vehicle”, 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”.

Amendment of by-law 7

3. By‑law 7(2) of the principal By‑laws is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b); and

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(c)	a mobility aid; or
(d)	any common property or open space that is a public path within the Town.”.

Amendment of by-law 8

4. By‑law 8(7) of the principal By‑laws is amended by deleting the words “, after giving 30 days’ notice in the Gazette of the Town Council’s intention to do so, sell the vehicle by public auction or otherwise dispose of the vehicle in such manner as the Town Council thinks fit” and substituting the words “sell the vehicle or otherwise dispose of it”.

New by-law 21A

5. The principal By‑laws are amended by inserting, immediately after by‑law 21, the following by‑law:

“Public paths not affected

21A. These By‑laws do not affect the rights of the public to pass along a public path within the Town in accordance with the Active Mobility Act 2017.”.

Savings

6. Despite by‑law 4, by‑law 8 of the principal By‑laws as in force immediately before 1 September 2019 continues to apply to and in relation to any vehicle removed or immobilised before that date under that by‑law 8 as if these By‑laws were not enacted.

Made on 26 August 2019.

VIKRAM NAIR

Chairman,
The Town Council for
the Town of Sembawang,
Singapore.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/329A/2015/5 Vol. 2]