s 2C Meaning of “prescribed place”
2C.—(1) In this Act, “prescribed place” means any of the following:(a) any premises, specified reservoir or specified drain, or any part of the sea, at which is prescribed any or any part of an absolute protection boundary; (b) without affecting paragraph (a), any premises within, or any part of which is within, a transiently floodable area (coastal); (c) any sheltered structure any part of which is within a transiently floodable area (coastal); (d) any nearshore or offshore structure. (2) Premises, specified reservoirs, specified drains, parts of the sea, or structures, only become prescribed places as follows:(a) for any premises, specified reservoir, specified drain or part of the sea under subsection (1)(a) — as from the effective date of the prescription under section 30B of the absolute protection boundary or part (as the case may be) at the premises, specified reservoir, specified drain or part of the sea; (b) for any premises under subsection (1)(b) — as from the effective date in subsection (3) of the transiently floodable area (coastal); (c) for any sheltered structure under subsection (1)(c) — as from the effective date in subsection (3) of the transiently floodable area (coastal); (d) for any nearshore or offshore structure under subsection (1)(d) — as from the effective date of the prescription under section 30B of the absolute protection boundary or part (as the case may be) that the nearshore or offshore structure is seaward of. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (c), the effective date of the transiently floodable area (coastal) is, as the case may be —(a) the effective date of the prescription under section 30B of the part of the absolute protection boundary, and the protection boundary, by which the transiently floodable area (coastal) is demarcated or, if the effective dates of prescription of the 2 are different, the later date; or (b) the effective date of the prescription under section 30B of the protection boundary by which the transiently floodable area (coastal) is demarcated.[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026]