Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2001

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 May 2001

No. S 287

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing)
(Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 113 of the Environmental Public Health Act, the Minister for State, Ministry of the Environment, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for the Environment, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2001.

Amendment of Second Schedule

2. The Second Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations (Rg 3) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Fifth or Sixth Schedule” in the 2nd line of paragraph 2 and substituting the words “Fifth, Sixth or Seventh Schedule”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 5, the following paragraph:

“6. Fees for the collection and removal of refuse from premises which are located in the area specified in the Seventh Schedule and which have been designated by the Commissioner under section 8(2)(b) of the Act as premises whose occupiers shall use the service provided by the public waste collector licensee, SEMAC Pte. Ltd.:

Per month

(1) Domestic premises provided with —

(a) direct refuse collection

$18.24 per premises

(b) indirect refuse collection

$6.52 per premises

(2) Non-domestic premises where daily quantity of refuse collected and removed –

(a) does not exceed 120 litres

$42.23 per premises

(b) exceeds 120 litres but does not exceed 240 litres

$80.08 per premises

$133.49 per premises

(d) exceeds 360 litres but does not exceed 660 litres

$257.50 per premises

(e) exceeds 660 litres but does not exceed 1,100 litres

$401.70 per premises

(f) exceeds 1,100 litres

a combination of fees from sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) according to the least number of bins required to contain the daily refuse output.

(3) Hawker stalls, including stalls in public markets and Statutory Board markets, and those operated on temporary permits

$42.23 per stall.”.

New Seventh Schedule

3. The Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after the Sixth Schedule, the following Schedule:

“SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Second Schedule, paragraphs 2 and 6

Area in Which the Collection and Removal of Refuse from Premises Designated under Section 8 (2) (b) of the
Act Shall be Carried Out by Semac Pte. Ltd.:

The area bounded by an imaginary line running from the coast to the junction of Tanjong Pagar Terminal Road E and Tanjong Pagar Terminal Road F, Tanjong Pagar Terminal Road E, Tanjong Pagar Terminal Ave, an imaginary line running from Tanjong Pagar Terminal Ave to Anson Road, Anson Road, an imaginary line running from Anson Road to Tanjong Pagar Road, Tanjong Pagar Road, South Bridge Road, North Bridge Road, Stamford Road, Prinsep Street, Selegie Road, Serangoon Road, Upper Serangoon Road, Upper Aljunied Road, MacPherson Road, Airport Road, Eunos Link, Jalan Eunos, Changi Road, Geylang Road, Geylang Canal, Guillemard Road, Sungei Geylang, Dunman Road, Tanjong Katong Road, Tanjong Katong Flyover, an imaginary line running from Tanjong Katong Flyover to the coast and the coastline from the latter to the imaginary line running from the coast to the junction of Tanjong Pagar Terminal Road E and Tanjong Pagar Terminal Road F, which area is more particularly delineated in the following map:

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 221/2000; S 49/2001; S 176/2001; S 244/2001]

Made this 30th day of May 2001.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[EHD/FR/5 Vol. 7; AG/LEG/SL/95/1997/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 113(4) of the Environmental Public Health Act).

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