Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations 2001

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Jul 2001

No. S 359

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment No. 6) 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. 6) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st August 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 Ninth” in paragraph 2 and substituting the words “, Ninth or Tenth”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 8, the following paragraph:

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

$17.00 per premises

(b) Indirect refuse collection

$6.88 per premises.

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

(a) does not exceed 120 litres

$37.08 per premises

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

$123.60 per premises

$175.10 per premises

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

$329.60 per premises

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

$572.19 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

$37.08 per stall.”.

New Tenth Schedule

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

“TENTH SCHEDULE

Second Schedule, paragraphs 2 and 9

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 Lower Seletar Reservoir, Sungei Seletar Simpang, 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, Pan-Island Expressway, Jalan Anak Bukit, Upper Bukit Timah Road, Choa Chu Kang Road, Bukit Batok Road, an imaginary line running from the junction at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 to Lam San Flyover along Kranji Expressway, Choa Chu Kang Road, Lim Chu Kang Road to the coast and the coastline from the latter to Lower Seletar Reservoir, 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; S 316/2001]

Made this 27th day of July 2001.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[EHD/FR/5 Vol. 7; AG/LEG/SL/95/1997/1 Vol. 3]

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

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