12. Amendment of section 30 of the principal enactment

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Section 30 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the repeal of paragraph (a) of that section;

(2)

in paragraph (c) of that section by the substitution for the words “distance of a lake, stream or a tank”

of the words “distance of a lake, river, stream or a tank”;

(3)

by the repeal of paragraph (h) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new paragraphs:—

“(h)

any land falling within the coastal zone within the meaning of the Coast Conservation

Act, No. 57 of 1981, without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Coast Conservation;

(i)

any land falling within any special area declared under section 3 of the Mahaweli

Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 23 of 1979, without the approval of the Minister in charge of the subject of Mahaweli

Development;

(j)

any land falling within any reserved forest or village forest declared or constituted under the Forest Ordinance, (Chapter 451) without the approval of the Minister in charge of the subject of forests;

(k)

any land falling within an Urban

Development Area declared under section 3

of the Urban Development Authority Law,

No. 41 of 1978, without the approval of the

Minister in charge of the subject of Urban

Development;

(l)

any land falling within a national reserve or sanctuary declared under section 2 of the

Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance,

(Chapter 469) without the approval of the

Minister in charge of the subject of Wild Life

Conservation.”.

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