s 30Q Owner of prescribed place may require premises to be acquired
30Q.—(1) This section applies to a person who is an owner of any premises immediately before the date on which any part of an absolute protection boundary is prescribed at those premises, by which the premises become a prescribed place on that date (called in this section original owner). (2) The original owner may, by written notice given to the Board within one year after the relevant date in subsection (1), and if the original owner remains an owner of the premises at the time of the notice, request the Government to acquire under the Land Acquisition Act 1966 so much of the prescribed place as the Board thinks necessary —(a) for a coastal protection measure for the prescribed place and any future expansion of the coastal protection measure; and (b) to access the coastal protection measure for the prescribed place (including after any expansion mentioned in paragraph (a)) to —(i) maintain and repair the coastal protection measure; and (ii) inspect and monitor the coastal protection measure. (3) If there is more than one owner of the prescribed place at the time of the notice under subsection (2), the notice under this section must be given by the original owner and all the other owners (even if they are not original owners). (4) Any notice under this section is irrevocable once given to the Board. (5) The original owner is not entitled to give the notice unless the original owner has, in accordance with any requirements and procedures set out in regulations made under section 74, consulted with the Board on the implications of the notice. (6) Upon the Board receiving a notice under subsection (2), the President is to proceed under the Land Acquisition Act 1966 to acquire so much of the prescribed place as is mentioned in subsection (2) as if it is needed for a public purpose. (7) The President is not to proceed under this section to acquire so much of the prescribed place as is mentioned in subsection (2) if the notice mentioned in that subsection is not given to the Board within the time specified in that subsection. (8) Where so much of the prescribed place as is mentioned in subsection (2) has been acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1966 pursuant to this section and the Board puts in place any coastal protection measure there, the Board may recover from the owner or owners who gave to the Board the written notice mentioned in that subsection, all or any part of the costs and expenses of the Board incurred for the coastal protection works undertaken by the Board to put the coastal protection measure in place. (9) In this section, “owner”, in relation to any premises, means the person issued or granted before the date mentioned in subsection (1) any of the following in respect of the premises by or on behalf of the Crown or the East India Company, or under the State Lands Act 1920 or any written law repealed by that Act:(a) any grant in fee simple; (b) any grant of an estate in perpetuity; (c) any State lease for a tenure of 10 years or more.[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026]