Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 3) Order 2025

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 21 Mar 2025

No. S 183

Environmental Protection and
Management Act 1999

Environmental Protection and
Management Act 1999
(Amendment of Second Schedule)
(No. 3) Order 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 3) Order 2025 and comes into operation on 24 March 2025.

Amendment of Second Schedule

2. In the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, in the Second Schedule —

(a)

in Part I, replace the item “Dechlorane plus” with —

“

Dechlorane plus

Adhesives;

Fillers;

Medical devices;

Plastics;

Substances, preparations or products used in the aerospace sector;

Substances, preparations or products used in the defence sector;

Substances, preparations or products used in the space sector;

Replacement parts for, or the repair of, any of the following articles that were originally manufactured using Dechlorane plus:

(a)	articles used in the aerospace sector;

(b)	articles used in the defence sector;

(c)	articles used in the space sector;

(d)	equipment used in the marine industry;

(e)	equipment used for gardening or forestry;

(f)	instruments for analysis, measurements, control, monitoring, testing, production or inspection;

(g)	medical devices;

(h)	motor vehicles;

(i)	outdoor power equipment;

(j)	stationary industrial machines used for agriculture, forestry or construction.

”;

(b)

in Part I, replace the item “UV‑328” with —

“

UV‑328

Adhesives;

Fillers;

Heavy‑duty coatings for large steel structures;

Industrial coatings for motor vehicles, engineering machines or rail transport vehicles;

Mechanical separators in blood collection tubes;

Medical devices;

Parts of motor vehicles;

Photographic paper;

Plastics;

Triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film in polarisers;

Replacement parts for any of the following articles that were originally manufactured using UV‑328:

(a)	liquid crystal displays in instruments for analysis, measurements, control, monitoring, testing, production or inspection;

(b)	medical devices;

(c)	motor vehicles;

(d)	stationary industrial machines used for agriculture, forestry or construction.

”;

(c)

in Part I, in the Note, after the definition of “homogeneous material”, insert —

“ “medical devices” has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Health Products Act 2007;”;

(d)

in Part II, replace the item relating to “Builders’ materials” with —

“Builders’ materials other than those containing asbestos, Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(e)

in Part II, replace the item “Explosives” with —

“Explosives other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(f)

in Part II, replace the item “Fireworks” with —

“Fireworks other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(g)

in Part II, in the item relating to “Glazes”, replace “or Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds” with “, Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds, Dechlorane plus or UV‑328”;

(h)

in Part II, replace the item “Inks” with —

“Inks other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(i)

in Part II, replace the item “Lacquer solvents” with —

“Lacquer solvents other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(j)

in Part II, replace the item “Loading materials” with —

“Loading materials other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(k)

in Part II, in the item relating to “Lubricants”, replace “or short‑chain chlorinated paraffins” with “, short‑chain chlorinated paraffins, Dechlorane plus or UV‑328”;

(l)

in Part II, in the item relating to “Paints”, replace “, or short‑chain chlorinated paraffins” with “, short‑chain chlorinated paraffins, Dechlorane plus or UV‑328”;

(m)

in Part II, replace the item “Pharmaceutical aerosols” with —

“Pharmaceutical aerosols other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”;

(n)

in Part II, replace the item relating to “Photographic paper” with —

“Photographic paper other than those containing Dechlorane plus;”;

(o)

in Part II, replace the item “Rubber” with —

“Rubber other than those containing Dechlorane plus or UV‑328;”; and

(p)

in Part II, in the item relating to “Varnishes”, replace “or Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds” with “, Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds, Dechlorane plus or UV‑328”.

Made on 21 March 2025.

STANLEY LOH KA LEUNG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Sustainability and
the Environment,
Singapore.

[C030/01/118; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2020/6]

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