s 30A Application to Government
30A.—(1) This Part binds the Government and for this purpose, a reference to a person in any provision of this Act in its application to a provision in this Part includes the Government; but nothing in this Act renders the Government liable to prosecution for an offence. (2) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, designate —(a) any public body for which the Minister is the responsible Minister (including the Board); and (b) any public body for which the Minister is not the responsible Minister, after consultation with the responsible Minister of the public body, to act as agent of the Government, or otherwise assist the Government, in relation to any obligation imposed on the Government under this Act to carry out coastal management, and operate or deploy any component of a coastal protection measure. (3) The public body must act under its designation in accordance with —(a) any limitations on its designation; and (b) any directions from time to time, that the Minister responsible for the public body may impose. (4) The public body, when acting under its designation in accordance with subsection (3), is treated as carrying out a function or exercising a power conferred on the public body under the Act that establishes it. (5) A designation by the Minister does not affect or prevent the Government from carrying out any obligation imposed on the Government under this Part. (6) In this Part, where an obligation is imposed in relation to a coastal protection measure for any part of the sea, the Government must undertake that obligation. (7) In this section, “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function, excluding a Town Council established by section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988.[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026]