Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) (Amendment) Notification 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 May 2016

No. S 259

Smoking
(Prohibition in Certain Places) Act

(CHAPTER 310)

Smoking
(Prohibition in Certain Places)
(Amendment) Notification 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification is the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) (Amendment) Notification 2016 and comes into operation on 1 June 2016.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Notification (N 1) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “hospital”, the following definition:

“ “Jurong Town Corporation” means the Jurong Town Corporation established under section 3 of the Jurong Town Corporation Act (Cap. 150);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public swimming pool”, the following definition:

“ “Public Utilities Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261);”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “theatre”, the following definition:

“ “Town Council” means any Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A);”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. The First Schedule to the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Notification is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore” in item 17 and substituting the words “manager of any terminal building”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 37, the following items:

“38. Any land managed by the Jurong Town Corporation which is used as a park for recreation or business and is accessible to members of the public or a section of the public (whether on payment of a fee or otherwise), except any area within the park designated by the Jurong Town Corporation for smoking —

(a)	by demarcated boundaries on the ground;
(b)	by a display of a sign bearing the words “Designated Smoking Area”; and
(c)	by the provision within the area of at least one receptacle suitable for the disposal of cigarette butts or any waste from smoking any other tobacco product.

39. Any land managed by any Town Council which is used as a park for recreation and is accessible to members of the public or a section of the public (whether on payment of a fee or otherwise).

40. Any fenced-up base or camp occupied by officers of the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces, except any area within the base or camp (as the case may be) designated for smoking by a sign that bears a smoking symbol and is displayed by authority of the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces.

41. Any building occupied by officers of the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces, and any land adjacent to any such building, except any area within the building or adjacent land (as the case may be) designated for smoking by a sign that bears a smoking symbol and is displayed by authority of the Ministry of Defence or the Singapore Armed Forces.

42. Any premises occupied by officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs or any department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, other than staff quarters which are residential premises.

43. The following amenities or facilities managed by the Public Utilities Board:

(a)	any gravel track, fishing deck, seating gallery or floating platform within Bedok Reservoir Park;
(b)	Lower Seletar Family Bay and Fishing Jetty;
(c)	any seating gallery overlooking Punggol Reservoir;
(d)	any amenity centre, dyke, fishing jetty, shelter, or floating deck for fishing, radio control boating or boat launching, along the perimeter of Pandan Reservoir;
(e)	any boardwalk or shelter along the perimeter of Jurong Lake, or any seating gallery overlooking Jurong Lake.

44. Any amenity or facility within the Marina Barrage managed by the Public Utilities Board, except any area within the Marina Barrage designated by the Public Utilities Board for smoking —

(a)	by demarcated boundaries on the ground;
(b)	by a display of a sign bearing the words “Designated Smoking Area”; and
(c)	by the provision within the area of at least one receptacle suitable for the disposal of cigarette butts or any waste from smoking any other tobacco product.

45. Any amenity or facility within MacRitchie Reservoir Park managed by the Public Utilities Board.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 621/2005; S 345/2006; S 268/2007; S 706/2008; S 2/2013; S 137/2014]

Made on 31 May 2016.

LIAK TENG LIT

Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[NEA/LD/39/5 V. 2; AG/LEGIS/SL/310/2015/1 Vol. 1]

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