Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2001

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 25 Jun 2001

No. S 316

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 113 of the Environmental Public Health Act, the Minister of 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. 5) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st July 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 “or Seventh Schedule” in the 2nd line of paragraph 2 and substituting the words “, Seventh, Eighth or Ninth Schedule”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 6, the following paragraphs:

“7. Fees for the collection and removal of refuse from premises which are located in the area specified in the Eighth 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

$15.45 per premises

(b) indirect refuse collection

$7.87 per premises.

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

(a) does not exceed 120 litres

$17.71 per premises

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

$70.04 per premises

$148.32 per premises

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

$271.92 per premises

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

$453.20 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

$17.71 per stall.

8. Fees for the collection and removal of refuse from premises which are located in the area specified in the Ninth 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

$18.46 per premises

(b) indirect refuse collection

$6.47 per premises.

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

(a) does not exceed 120 litres

$41.20 per premises

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

$77.25 per premises

$142.14 per premises

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

$306.94 per premises

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

$516.03 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

$41.20 per stall.”.

New Eighth and Ninth Schedules

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

“EIGHTH SCHEDULE

Second Schedule, paragraphs 2 and 7

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 Sungei Serangoon, Tampines Road, an imaginary line running from Tampines Road to Kaki Bukit Road 5, an imaginary line running along the fenceline of SAF Driving Centre and Paya Lebar Airbase, Airport Road, MacPherson Road, Upper Aljunied Road, Upper Serangoon Road, Yio Chu Kang Road, Sungei Seletar Simpang Kiri, Lower Seletar Reservoir to the coast and the coastline from the latter to Sungei Serangoon, which area is more particularly delineated in the following map:

NINTH SCHEDULE

Second Schedule, paragraphs 2 and 8

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 Pan-Island Expressway, Jalan Toa Payoh, Upper Serangoon Road, Yio Chu Kang Road, Old Upper Thomson Road, an imaginary line running from Jacaranda Road to Lower Peirce Reservoir, an imaginary line running along the edge of Island Golf Course through Lower Peirce Reservoir and Upper Peirce Reservoir, an imaginary line running from Upper Peirce Reservoir to MacRitchie Reservoir, an imaginary line running through MacRitchie Reservoir to the junction of Lornie Road and Adam Road, Adam Road and from the latter to Pan-Island Expressway, 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; S287/2001]

Made this 19th day of June 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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