Environmental Public Health (Notice to Attend Court) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 02 Jul 2002

No. S 327

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Notice to Attend Court) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 113(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval 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 (Notice to Attend Court) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 2002.

Deletion and substitution of Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Notice to Attend Court) Regulations (Rg 13) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Form A

Environmental Public Health Act
(Chapter 95)

Notice to Attend Court under Section 21 or 42

Notice No.:

Name:

NRIC No.:

Place of Offence:

Street Name:

Date/Time of Offence:

OFFER OF COMPOSITION

OFFENCES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

Amount offered to compound

1.—(1) Section 17 (1) (a) or (f) or (2) or 19(1)(a)

$200

NOTE: The offer of composition is made subject to the condition that —

(a) you have not previously been convicted of or accepted composition for any of these offences; and

(b) you attend a 15-minute briefing session within 14 days from the date of the issue of this Notice on how littering can pollute and harm the environment, the briefing will be held at the Southern Environmental Health District Office at 4545 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 159466 on the following days:

Day

Time

Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday

9 a.m. or 11 a.m.

(2) Section 17 (1) (h)

$500

OFFENCES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

Amount offered to compound

1st offence

2nd offence

3rd offence

(3) Section 17 (1) (b), (c), (d), (e) or (g), 19(1)(b) or (3), 32(1) or (2), 33, 34(1) or (3), 35, 36, 37(1), (2), (4) or (5), 38, 39, 40(1) or (9) or 41

$150

$200

$250

(4) Section 17 (2) where the offence is in relation to liquid waste

$150

$200

$250

(5) Section 19 (1) (a) where the offence is in relation to the spilling of any matter referred to therein

$150

$200

$250

OFFENCES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH (BURNING OF JOSS STICKS AND CANDLES) REGULATIONS

Amount offered to compound

2. Regulation 2 or 3(1)

$500

OFFENCES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH (PUBLIC CLEANSING) REGULATIONS

Amount offered to compound

3.—(1) Regulation 16

$30

1st offence

2nd offence

3rd offence

(2) Regulation 3(2), 4(3)(a), 7(2), 8(1), (2) or (3), 9(a) or (b), 11(1) or (2), 14(1) or (2), 15(1), (2) or (3), 16A, 24(1)(a), (b) or (c), 26(1)(a) or (b) or 27

$150

$200

$250

OFFENCES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH (FOOD HYGIENE) REGULATIONS

Amount offered to compound

4. Regulation 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13(a), (b), (c), (d) or (f), 14, 15, 16(3) or (4), 17(1), (3), (4) or (6), 18, 19, 20(1), (2)(b) or (c) or (3), 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (a), (c), (d), (e) or (f), 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 or 32

$100

METHOD AND PROCEDURE OF PAYMENT

(a) (i) Where your offence is one of those listed in regulation 1(1) above, you may have the offence compounded within 14 days from the date on which you attend the briefing session.

(ii) Where your offence is NOT one of those listed in regulation 1(1) above, you may have the offence compounded after at least 3 days and within 14 days from the date of the issue of this Notice.

(b) Payment must be made in full.

(c) Partial or late payment received in the form of cheque, money order or postal order will be returned to you and the offer of composition shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(d) Every cheque shall be crossed “A/C Payee Only” and every cheque, money order or postal order shall be made payable to “National Environment Agency” and sent to the Finance Department, National Environment Agency, Environment Building, 40 Scotts Road, Singapore 228231. This Notice to Attend Court must accompany the payment. Please ensure that your Name and NRIC No. are written on the reverse side of your cheque, money order or postal order.

(e) Payment may be made through AXS stations one of which is located at the Southern Environmental Health District Office at 4545 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 159466.

(f) Payment by cash, NETS or CashCard may be made at the cashier’s counter at the Environment Building, 40 Scotts Road, Singapore 228231 between 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays and between 9.00 a.m. and 12 noon on Saturdays and the eve of the following:

(i) Christmas Day;

(ii) New Year’s Day;

(iii) Hari Raya Puasa; and

(iv) Chinese New Year.”.

Made this 2nd day of July 2002.

SIMON TAY SEONG CHEE

Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[ENV/LD/39/3.1 Vol. 2.7; AG/LEG/SL/95/2002/1 Vol. 1]

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

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