s 30M Keeping of records
30M.—(1) An owner of a prescribed place must, in accordance with any requirement prescribed in regulations made under section 74, keep and maintain complete and accurate records containing the information and documents prescribed for a coastal protection measure or a part of a coastal protection measure for the prescribed place, in relation to any of the following:(a) the designated details of the coastal protection measure or part; (b) the putting in place, expansion or alteration of the coastal protection measure or part, and its connection to any other coastal protection measure or part; (c) the maintenance, repair, inspection and monitoring of the coastal protection measure or part; (d) the notification of prescribed matters, and assessments, under sections 30I and 30J; (e) the manner of operating or deploying any component of the coastal protection measure, and the drills conducted for such operation or deployment, where applicable; (f) the occasions on which any component of the coastal protection measure is operated or deployed, and the drills conducted for the operation or deployment of the components under section 30K(4), where applicable; (g) the flood response plan (including any updates to the flood response plan), and the drills conducted for the flood response plan under section 30L(7), where applicable. (2) The owner of the prescribed place must —(a) retain the records mentioned in subsection (1) for at least the period prescribed in regulations made under section 74; (b) during the prescribed period mentioned in paragraph (a), make those records available for inspection by any authorised officer when so requested by the authorised officer; and (c) submit to the Board those records when required by the Board by the time specified by the Board (including on a periodic basis), and the regulations may provide for different prescribed periods for different records, different types of information or documents, or different matters to which the information or documents relate. (3) Regulations made under section 74 may require, in a case where a person (A) has ceased to be an owner of a prescribed place (prescribed place A), the transfer of A’s records to which subsection (1) applies —(a) by A to any other person (B) (whether or not B is an owner of prescribed place A); and (b) by B to any other person (including any person who becomes an owner of prescribed place A after A ceases to be such). (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2), or any regulations mentioned in subsection (3), shall be guilty of an offence.[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026]