National Parks Board Act (Chapter 198A).
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Abstract
This Act provides for the reconstitution of the National Parks Board, which shall continue to be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
The Act defines the Board’s internal organization and its functions and powers, which include: to control, administer and manage the national parks and nature reserves; to plan, design, develop, manage and maintain public parks; to provide, manage and maintain park and recreational infrastructure and facilities in the national parks, nature reserves and public parks; to propagate, protect and preserve the animals, plants and other organisms of Singapore; and to promote the study, research and dissemination of knowledge in botany, horticulture, biotechnology, arboriculture, landscape architecture, parks and recreation management and natural and local history.
The Act further provides for: grants made by the Minister to enable the Board to carry out its functions; transfer of assets, liabilities and employees of the Parks and Recreation Department to the Board; etc.
The Act defines the Board’s internal organization and its functions and powers, which include: to control, administer and manage the national parks and nature reserves; to plan, design, develop, manage and maintain public parks; to provide, manage and maintain park and recreational infrastructure and facilities in the national parks, nature reserves and public parks; to propagate, protect and preserve the animals, plants and other organisms of Singapore; and to promote the study, research and dissemination of knowledge in botany, horticulture, biotechnology, arboriculture, landscape architecture, parks and recreation management and natural and local history.
The Act further provides for: grants made by the Minister to enable the Board to carry out its functions; transfer of assets, liabilities and employees of the Parks and Recreation Department to the Board; etc.
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An Act to reconstitute the National Parks Board Act and to provide the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the Parks and Recreation Department to the National Parks Board, and for matters connected therewith.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No