Town and Country Planning Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary
5. Conservation areas
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where in the opinion of the Minister any area is of special architectural, historic, traditional or aesthetic interest, the Minister may designate the area as a conservation area.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for town and country planning;
A conservation area may comprise —
conservation area
“conservation area” means an area designated by the Minister in accordance with sections 5, 17 and 20;
an area;
a single building; or
a group of buildings.
The limits of any area established as a conservation area under subsection (1) may be altered by the Minister by notification published in the
Gazette and the notification may also provide for the area to cease to be a conservation area.
Terms defined in s 2
building
Defined · s 2“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure (whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise) and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure or foundation connected to the foregoing;
conservation
Defined · s 2“conservation” means the preservation, enhancement or restoration of — (i) the character or appearance of; and (ii) the interior and exterior of any building in, a conservation area;
conservation area
Defined · s 2“conservation area” means an area designated by the Minister in accordance with sections 5, 17 and 20;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister responsible for town and country planning;
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Administration
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Development Plans
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Planning, Subdivision, Consolidation and Conservation of Land
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Enforcement
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Recovery of Moneys
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