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Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999

(Act 9 of 1999)

Environmental Pollution Control (Control of Noise At Construction Sites) Regulations 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(1) of the Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999, the Minister for the Environment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Pollution Control (Control of Noise at Construction Sites) Regulations 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1999.

Definition

2. For the purposes of these Regulations, "construction site" means any premises on or in which works of the following description are being carried out:

(a)	the erection, construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of buildings, structures or roads;
(b)	the breaking up, opening or boring under any road or adjacent land in connection with the construction, inspection, maintenance or removal of works;
(c)	piling, demolition or dredging works; or
(d)	any other work of engineering construction.

Permissible noise level

3.—(1) The owner or occupier of any construction site shall ensure that the level of noise emitted from his construction site shall not exceed the maximum permissible noise levels set out in the First Schedule.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), noise level readings shall —

(a)

for the period between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. be taken —

(i)	50 metres from the boundary of the construction site if an affected building is located within 50 metres of that boundary; and
(ii)	one metre away from the outside of an affected building if the affected building is more than 50 metres away from the boundary of the construction site; and

(b)

for the period between 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. be taken one metre away from the outside of any affected building regardless of the distance between the affected building and the boundary of the construction site.

(3) If there are other sources of noise affecting the measurement of the level of noise emitted from a construction site, the maximum permissible noise levels set out in the First Schedule shall be adjusted in accordance with the Second Schedule and the adjusted value shall be taken as the maximum permissible noise level.

Equipment to measure and record noise level to be set up

4. The Director may require the owner or occupier of any construction site —

(a)	to set up equipment to measure and record the level of noise emitted from his construction site over such duration as may be directed by the Director; and
(b)	to submit the records of the noise level readings including all relevant facts which may influence the values of the noise level readings.

Penalty

5. Any person who fails to comply with regulation 3 or 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —

(a)	on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction; and
(b)	on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

Revocation

6. The Environmental Public Health (Control of Noise at Construction Sites) Regulations (Cap.95, Rg 14) are revoked.

Made this 24th day of March 1999.

TAN GEE PAW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[PCD/CF/A01/30; AG/LEG/SL/94A/98/1 Vol.1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 76(3) of the Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999).