No. S 159
Sewerage and Drainage Act
(Chapter 293A)
Sewerage and Drainage (Trade Effluent) (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 (Trade Effluent) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2001.
Amendment of regulation 11
2.  Regulation 11(5) of the Sewerage and Drainage (Trade Effluent) Regulations (Rg 5, 2001 Ed.) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting “$6” in sub-paragraph (b) and substituting “$7”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 13
3.  Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
Payment of fees
13.—(1)  The fees payable under these Regulations 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.
(2)  The fees payable under these Regulations shall be paid to the Director by interbank GIRO or such other means as the Director may from time to time specify.”.
Deletion and substitution of Third Schedule
4.  The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THIRD SCHEDULE
Regulation 11(5)
scale of fees for permission referred to in regulation 11 (5) (a)
 
 
Concentration of BOD or TSS in milligrams per litre of trade effluent
 
Fee for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Cents per cubic metre or part thereof)
 
Fee for Total Suspended Solids (Cents per cubic metre or part thereof)
(1) Exceeding 400 but not exceeding 600
 
17
 
13
(2) Exceeding 600 but not exceeding 800
 
34
 
26
(3) Exceeding 800 but not exceeding 1,000
 
51
 
39
(4) Exceeding 1,000 but not exceeding 1,200
 
68
 
52
(5) Exceeding 1,200 but not exceeding 1,400
 
85
 
65
(6) Exceeding 1,400 but not exceeding 1,600
 
102
 
78
(7) Exceeding 1,600 but not exceeding 1,800
 
119
 
91
(8) Exceeding 1,800 but not exceeding 2,000
 
136
 
104
(9) Exceeding 2,000 but not exceeding 2,200
 
153
 
117
(10) Exceeding 2,200 but not exceeding 2,400
 
170
 
130
(11) Exceeding 2,400 but not exceeding 2,600
 
187
 
143
(12) Exceeding 2,600 but not exceeding 2,800
 
204
 
156
(13) Exceeding 2,800 but not exceeding 3,000
 
221
 
169
(14) Exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 3,200
 
238
 
182
(15) Exceeding 3,200 but not exceeding 3,400
 
255
 
195
(16) Exceeding 3,400 but not exceeding 3,600
 
272
 
208
(17) Exceeding 3,600 but not exceeding 3,800
 
289
 
221
(18) Exceeding 3,800 but not exceeding 4,000
 
306
 
234.”.

Made this 27th day of March 2001.

TAN GEE PAW
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.
[ENV/LD/39/1.1.5; AG/LEG/SL/293A/2000/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 75(2) of the Sewerage and Drainage Act).