Sewerage and Drainage (Sewage Treatment Plants) Regulations

Sewerage and Drainage Act

(Chapter 294, Sections 72 and 74)

Rg 3

G.N. No. S 168/1999

REVISED EDITION 2007

(15th May 2007)

[1st April 1999]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sewerage and Drainage (Sewage Treatment Plants) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“capacity of sewage treatment plant” means the volume (in cubic metres) of the liquid contents for which the sedimentation tank of the plant is constructed and includes the volume of a sludge compartment thereof;

“maintenance”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions and in relation to a sewage treatment plant, means —

(a)	the periodical supervision and inspection of the plant;
(b)	the taking and testing of samples of effluent from the plant;
(c)	the cleaning, desludging, greasing, oiling or adjusting of the plant; and
(d)	the carrying out of minor repairs to the plant;

“major repair”, in relation to a sewage treatment plant, means a structural or other alteration, renewal or repair to the sewage treatment plant or part thereof or to a sewer draining into the plant, the costs and expenses for which is estimated by the Board to exceed $50;

“owner”, in relation to a sewage treatment plant, means the owner of the premises on which the plant stands or the owner of the premises for the use of which the plant is maintained;

“sewage treatment plant” includes a septic tank owned by any person other than the Government and any other plant for the treatment of nightsoil and sewage.

Maintenance of private sewage treatment plants under section 7 of Act

3.—(1) A monthly fee according to the scale set out in the Schedule shall be payable to the Board for the maintenance of a private sewage treatment plant under section 7 of the Act.

(2) The fee referred to in paragraph (1) for the maintenance of a private sewage treatment plant shall be payable 6 months in advance or such shorter period as the Board may determine, by the owner and does not include the cost of any electricity or fuel consumed by the plant or the cost and expenses for any major repair.

(3) Where a private sewage treatment plant is maintained for the use of premises which are owned by more than one person, the fee for the maintenance of the private sewage treatment plant under paragraph (1) shall, subject to paragraph (4), be payable by the owners of those premises in such proportions as the Board thinks fit.

(4) In apportioning the fee payable for the maintenance of a private sewage treatment plant under paragraph (3), the Board may require the owner of any unoccupied premises for the future use of which the plant is maintained to pay such portion of the fee as the Board thinks fit.

(5) In apportioning the fee payable by the owner or owners under paragraph (3), any fraction of a dollar shall be ignored.

(6) Notwithstanding this regulation, where the owner has agreed in writing with the Board to pay the fee or part thereof for the maintenance of the plant under paragraph (1), the Board may require the owner to pay the fee or part thereof, as agreed, and the remainder to be paid by another person or persons in accordance with this regulation.

(7) The fees payable under this regulation are inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A) on the services in respect of which such fees are payable.

(8) The fees payable under this regulation shall be paid to the Board by interbank GIRO or such other means as the Board may from time to time specify.

Major repairs to sewage treatment plant

4. Where the Board carries out work on any sewage treatment plant under section 10(3) of the Act, the Board may apportion the expenses payable for such works amongst the owners of the premises for the use of which the plant is maintained as the Board thinks fit, except that no such apportionment shall be made if the expenses incurred in carrying out any such works do not exceed $50.

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