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Sewerage and Drainage Act

(Chapter 293A)

Sewerage and Drainage (Sanitary Works) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 73 and 75 of the Sewerage and Drainage Act, the Minister for the Environment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sewerage and Drainage (Sanitary Works) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2001.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Sewerage and Drainage (Sanitary Works) Regulations (Rg 2, 2001 Ed.) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the definition of “Code of Practice” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “Code of Practice” means the Code of Practice on Sewerage and Sanitary Works issued under section 33 of the Act;

“common property” has the same meaning as in the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158);”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (k); and

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (l) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(m)

no sanitary plumbing system shall be laid —

(i)	over, above or across any potable water storage tank, electrical transformer or switch gear; or
(ii)	in any place where it can endanger the health or safety of any person.”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “and be of a type and pattern approved by or on behalf of the Water Department of the Public Utilities Board” in the 4th, penultimate and last lines of paragraph (1); and
(b)	by deleting the word “approved” in the regulation heading.

Amendment of regulation 7

5. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following paragraph:

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

Amendment of regulation 9

6. The principal Regulations are amended by renumbering regulation 9 as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) The fee referred to in paragraph (1) is 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 fee is payable.”.

New regulation 13A

7. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 13, the following regulation:

“Maintenance and inspection of sanitary plumbing and drainage system

13A.—(1) The owner of any common property shall —

(a)	ensure that all sanitary plumbing systems and sanitary drainage systems installed or located on the common property are at all times properly maintained, kept in good working order and free from any leakage;
(b)	cause the sanitary plumbing systems and sanitary drainage systems to be thoroughly examined and inspected and certified to be in good working order and free from any leakage by a professional engineer at such intervals as the Director may require; and
(c)	keep a proper record of all certificates issued by the professional engineer under sub-paragraph (b), and produce such records to the Director when required.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “professional engineer” means a professional engineer registered under the Professional Engineers Act (Cap. 253) in the civil or structural engineering discipline or the mechanical engineering discipline.”.

Made this 27th day of March 2001.

TAN GEE PAW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[ENV/LD/39/1.1.4; AG/LEG/SL/293A/2000/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 75(2) of the Sewerage and Drainage Act).