PART VII | Property of Board not fixtures |
| 67. All works, apparatus, fixtures and fittings executed, erected on or affixed to any premises by the Board shall continue to remain the property of the Board and shall not vest in the owner of the premises. |
68.—(1) Any police officer or any person authorised in writing by the Chief Executive generally or in any particular case may arrest any person committing within his view or who he has reason to believe has committed any offence punishable under this Act if —| (a) | the name and address of the person are unknown to him; | | (b) | the person declines to give his name and address; or | | (c) | there is reason to doubt the accuracy of the name and address given. |
| (2) A person arrested under this section may be detained until his name and address are correctly ascertained. |
| (3) A person arrested under this section shall not be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him before a court unless the order of a court for his continued detention is obtained. |
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| 69. The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, either permanently or for such period as it may think fit, exempt any person or premises or any class of persons or premises from all or any of the provisions of this Act. |
70.—(1) Any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be given or served on any person, and any summons issued by a court in connection with any offence under this Act may be served on the person —| (a) | by delivering it to him or to some adult member or employee of his family at his last known place of residence; | | (b) | by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to him; | | (c) | by affixing it to some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence; | | (d) | by sending it by registered post addressed to him at his usual or last known place of residence or business; or | | (e) | where the person to be served is a body corporate —| (i) | by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate at its registered or principal office; or | | (ii) | by sending it by registered post addressed to the body corporate at its registered or principal office. |
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| (2) Any notice, order, document or summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person at the time when the notice, order, document or summons would, in the ordinary course of post, be delivered and in proving service of the notice, order, document or summons, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the same was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post. |
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71.—(1) The contents of any document prepared, issued or served under or for the purposes of this Act shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be correct and the production of any book purporting to contain any apportionment made under this Act shall, without any other evidence, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein.| (2) All records, registers and other documents kept by the Board or by any authorised officer for the purposes of this Act shall be deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be, and subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts therefrom. |
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72.—(1) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for or in respect of every purpose which is considered by the Board necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out the provisions of this Act.(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:| (a) | the prescribing of anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act; | | (b) | the prescribing of purposes for which the supply of water may be used; | | (c) | the prevention and suppression of pollution, contamination, waste, misuse or use of water; | | (d) | the prevention of misuse of, or damage to, apparatus and works belonging to the Board in connection with the collection, production or supply of water; | | (e) | the regulation and use of water meters and the prohibition of interference with or damage to such meters or seals affixed thereon; | | (f) | the prohibition of interference with, or damage to, water appliances supplied by the Board and plates or marks thereon; | | (g) | the protection, preservation and conservation of water catchment areas and of any property therein; | | (h) | the regulation of the installation of water supplies and alterations thereto and the submission of plans and specifications in respect thereof; | | (i) | the prescribing of materials of which pipes and other apparatus and fittings for use in connection with the supply of water, shall be made, and of the size, shape, fitting, arrangement, connection, workmanship, examination, testing, position and method of cleaning them; | | (j) | the prescribing of the types of apparatus or water appliances to be used and the prohibition of the use of certain types thereof; | | (k) | the regulation of the installation of apparatus or water appliances and the maintenance, removal or transfer thereof; | | (l) | the prescribing of the methods of charging consumers for water consumed in the event of any meter becoming out of order; | | (m) | in relation to water service worker licences —| (i) | the class or classes of licences to be granted, the form and duration of those licences, the terms and conditions upon which, and the circumstances in which, those licences may be granted, held, suspended, cancelled, altered, extended, renewed or replaced and the fees payable in respect thereof; | | (ii) | the qualifications and other requirements for applicants for such licences, the examination or testing of such applicants, the fees payable in respect of such examination or testing and the circumstances in and conditions on which an applicant may be exempted from such examination or testing; and | | (iii) | the duties and responsibilities of licensed water service workers; |
| | (n) | the prescribing of fees and charges for the purposes of this Act or any other written law administered by the Board. |
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| (3) The Board may in making any regulations provide that any person who contravenes the regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction. |
| (4) All such regulations shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette. |
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73.—(1) All acts done by the Board before 1st April 2001 shall continue to remain valid and applicable as though done by the Board under this Act, until such time as invalidated, revoked, cancelled or otherwise determined by the Board.| (2) Where anything has been commenced by or on behalf of the Board before 1st April 2001, such thing may be carried on and completed by or under the authority of the Board. |
| (3) Subject to subsection (5), any scheme, contract, document, licence, permission or resolution prepared, made, granted or approved by the Board under the repealed Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261, 1996 Ed.) shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue and be deemed to have been prepared, made, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of this Act. |
| (4) Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Public Utilities Act and in force immediately before 1st April 2001 shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force as if made under this Act until it is revoked or repealed by subsidiary legislation made under this Act. |
(5) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Public Utilities Act, as from 1st April 2001 and for such period as the Minister for Trade and Industry may determine —| (a) | section 2, Parts IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X of that Act and the subsidiary legislation made under section 130 of that Act for or in relation to the supply or use of electricity and gas shall, with the necessary modifications, continue in force as if that Act has not been repealed; | | (b) | all licences granted before 1st April 2001 under section 38 and Part VIII of that Act shall continue to be valid and in force. | | (c) | for the purposes of this subsection, the references to the Minister and the Board in —| (i) | section 2, Parts IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X of that Act and the subsidiary legislation made under section 130 of that Act for or in relation to the supply or use of electricity and gas; and | | (ii) | the licences granted before 1st April 2001 under section 38 and Part VIII of that Act, |
| shall be read as references to the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Energy Market Authority of Singapore respectively; and |
| | (d) | for the purposes of this subsection, the Minister for Trade and Industry may make regulations to provide for any other transitional, incidental and consequential matters arising from the repeal of the Public Utilities Act. |
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| (6) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261, 1996 Ed.), as from 1st April 2001, sections 62 to 65 of that Act shall continue in force and to apply to the successor companies mentioned in those sections as if that Act has not been repealed. |
| (7) All acts done by or on behalf of the Director of Sewerage and Drainage before 1st April 2001 under the Sewerage and Drainage Act (Cap. 294) in force before that date shall continue to remain valid and applicable as though done by the Board under that Act, until such time as invalidated, revoked, cancelled or otherwise determined by the Board. |
| (8) Where anything has been commenced by or on behalf of the Director of Sewerage and Drainage before 1st April 2001, such thing may be carried on and completed by or under the authority of the Board. |
| (9) Any notice, order, decision, direction, certificate or approval made or granted by the Director of Sewerage and Drainage before 1st April 2001 under the Sewerage and Drainage Act in force before that date shall continue and be deemed to have been made or granted by the Board under that Act, until such time as invalidated, revoked, cancelled or otherwise determined by the Board. |
| (10) The Minister charged with the responsibility for the environment may make regulations to provide for any other transitional, incidental and consequential matters arising from the repeal of the Public Utilities Act. |
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| References in other written law |
74. In any written law —| (a) | a reference to the repealed Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261, 1996 Ed.) shall be read as a reference to this Act; | | (b) | a reference to the Director of Sewerage and Drainage, the Sewerage Department or the Drainage Department shall be read as a reference to the Board. |
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