Environmental Public Health Act 1987
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part 2 ADMINISTRATION
3 Appointment of Director-General and authorised officers
4 Delegation of power by Director-General
Part 3 PUBLIC CLEANSING
Cleaning of streets, etc.
5 Director-General to cause public streets, etc., to be cleansed
6 Duty of owner and occupier to keep clean private streets, etc., abutting on their premises
7 Dustbins in streets
Removal of refuse
8 Director-General may apply systems for collection and removal of refuse, etc.
9 Removal of industrial waste, stable refuse, etc.
10 Director-General may require owner and occupier to provide dustbins and refuse bins, etc.
11 Maintenance of refuse lifts and chutes and chute chambers in buildings
12 Occupier of house to remove refuse
13 Prohibition on use of nightsoil or human excreta as manure
14 Prohibition on use of nightsoil or human excreta for manuring earth in pots, etc.
15 Prohibition of cultivation or use of manure or irrigation which is nuisance
16 All refuse, etc., collected to be property of Agency
Offences in respect of uncleanliness in public places
17 Prohibition against throwing refuse, etc., in any public place
18 Building works constituting danger to life, health, etc.
19 Prohibition against dropping, scattering, etc., certain substances in public place
20 Prohibition against dumping and disposing
21 Notice to attend Court
21A Corrective work order
21B Obligations of person subject to corrective work order
21C Breach of corrective work order
21D Variation and revocation of corrective work order
21E Interpretation of sections 21 to 21D
Disposal facilities
22 Provision of public disposal facilities
23 No disposal facility to be constructed, etc., without licence
Disposal and treatment of industrial waste
24 Prohibition against disposal of industrial waste in unauthorised places
25 Proper storage of industrial waste
26 Notice requiring periodic removal of industrial waste from premises
27 (Repealed)
28 Industrial waste brought to disposal facility to be recycled or treated
29 Dangerous substance or toxic industrial waste not to be brought to disposal facility without permission
30 Excessive production of toxic industrial waste
General
30A Furnishing of information and keeping, etc., of records on waste and submission of waste reduction plan
31 Licensing of persons carrying on business of collecting, removing, etc., of refuse or waste
31A Special administration order, etc., made on application by Agency
31B Meaning and effect of special administration orders
31C Remuneration and expenses of Agency and others
31D Restrictions on voluntary winding up, etc.
Part 3A DISTRICT PNEUMATIC WASTE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
31E Interpretation of this Part
31F Application of this Part
31G Declaration of DPWCS areas
31H Changes affecting DPWCS areas
31I Notice of declaration, etc.
31J No collection of waste or waste through DPWCS, etc., without licence
31K Works by DPWCS licensee
31L Director-General may require owner or occupier to connect to DPWCS
31M Connection charge
31N Tariff
31O Recovery of connection charge and tariff
31P Duty to enquire before excavation
31Q Damage to DPWCS
31R Relocation, etc., of pneumatic waste conveyance system
31S DPWCS connections not fixtures
31T Exemption from distress and attachment, etc.
31U Exclusion from requirement for waste collector licence
31V Application of sections 31A to 31D in relation to DPWCS licensee
Part 4 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, MARKETS AND HAWKERS
31W Administration of this Part and Part 9
32 Food establishments to be licensed
33 Licensing of hawkers operating from stalls, etc.
34 Licensing of itinerant hawkers
35 Director‑General, Food Administration may issue temporary permits
36 Licences for private markets
37 Persons with infectious diseases not to carry on business
38 Unauthorised structures
39 Cleanliness of markets and stalls
40 Articles of food unfit for human consumption
41 Cleanliness of vehicles, equipment, etc.
41A Penalties for offences under this Part
42 Notice to attend Court
42A Regulations for this Part
Part 5 PUBLIC NUISANCES
43 Public nuisances to be abated
44 Nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily
45 Nuisance order
46 Execution of order for demolition
Part 6 INSANITARY PREMISES, SANITARY CONVENIENCES, GENERAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS
Insanitary premises
47 Premises in unwholesome state
48 Destruction of rats, wasps, bees, etc.
49 Closing and demolition, etc., of insanitary dwellings
50 Overcrowding of houses
Sanitary conveniences, drains, sewers and wells
51 Public toilets
52 Insufficient and defective sanitary conveniences
53 Repairs
54 Sanitary conveniences in work premises or work place
55 Care of sanitary conveniences
56 Inadequate bathroom facilities
57 Construction and maintenance of private drains
58 Drains, etc., to be kept in order at cost of owners
59 Restriction on construction of wells, etc.
General health requirements for buildings
60 Publicly accessible premises to be kept clean, etc.
61 Director-General may require employers to provide mess rooms, etc.
61A Environmental Control Coordinators and Environmental Control Officers
61B Appeal against decisions made under section 61A
62 Appointment of Environmental Control Officer in construction site
62A Appointment of Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer for specified premises
62B Environmental sanitation programme for specified premises
62C Power to give directives
62D Monitoring powers for purposes of sections 62A, 62B and 62C
62E Application to Government
Part 7 AQUATIC FACILITIES
63 Licensable aquatic facilities
64 Prohibition of use or operation of aquatic facility
65 Monitoring powers for purposes of this Part
66 Application to Government
Part 7A AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEMS
66A Registrable aerosol-generating systems
66B Prohibition of use or operation of aerosol-generating system
66C Monitoring powers for purposes of this Part
66D Application to Government
Part 8 FUNERAL PARLOURS, CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA
67 Licensing of funeral parlours, cemeteries and crematoria
68 (Repealed)
69 Corpse not to be retained beyond 48 hours unless encoffined
70 Decomposed corpse
71 Agency may provide cemeteries and crematoria
72 Places which may be used for burials, etc.
73 Unlawful burials
74 Power to close cemeteries, etc.
75 Unauthorised structure
76 Exhumation
77 (Repealed)
Part 9 PROVISION OF WATER SUITABLE FOR DRINKING
78 Interpretation of this Part
79 Provision of water suitable for drinking
80 Power to enter and investigate
80A Regulations for this Part
Part 9A GENERAL CLEANING INDUSTRY
80B Purpose of this Part
80C Non-application of sections 99 and 103
80D Carrying on cleaning business without cleaning business licence prohibited
80E Offence to engage unlicensed persons
80F Application for cleaning business licence
80G Grant or refusal of cleaning business licence
80H Conditions of cleaning business licence
80I Form and validity of cleaning business licence
80J Revocation and suspension of cleaning business licence
80K Financial penalty
80L Changes to information submitted
80M Monitoring powers
80N Register of licensees
Part 10 ENFORCEMENT
81 Power to enter upon lands for purposes of Act
82 Penalty for obstruction
83 Director-General or Director-General, Food Administration may act in cases of emergency
84 Appeal to Minister against notice, order or decision
84A Appeal against decisions under Part 4 or 9
85 Default in compliance with notice
86 Authorised officers may demand names and addresses in certain cases
87 Power of investigating offences
88 Powers of arrest
88A False or misleading information
Part 11 COMPENSATION, DAMAGES, FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES
89 Compensation, damages, fees, costs and expenses to be determined by Magistrate’s Court or District Court
90 Damage to property of Agency and Singapore Food Agency to be made good in addition to penalty
91 Payment of fees, etc.
92 Recovery of costs and expenses payable by owners
93 Recovery of costs and expenses by instalments
94 Liability of transferor of property in respect of costs and expenses incurred by Director-General
95 Limitation of liability to fines and penalties
Part 12 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
96 Protection from personal liability
97 Exemption of agent who has no funds in hand
98 Service of summons, notice, etc.
99 Licences
99A Codes of practice and standards of performance
100 Receipts, notices, etc., may be given by authorised officer
101 Furnishing of information required by Director‑General
102 Saving of prosecutions under other laws
103 General penalties
103A Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
104 Composition of offences
105 Inaccuracies in documents
106 Jurisdiction of court
107 Evidence
108 Forms
108A Modification of provisions
109 Amendment of Schedules
110 Exemption
111 Regulations
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table