No. S 467
Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act
(Chapter 243)
Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Sewage) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Sewage) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2008.
Amendment of First Schedule
2.  Regulation 11(1) of the First Schedule to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Sewage) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 135/2005) is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(a)the ship is discharging comminuted and disinfected sewage using a system approved by the Administration in accordance with regulation 9(1)(b) of this Annex at a distance of more than 3 nautical miles from the nearest land, or sewage which is not comminuted or disinfected at a distance of more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land, provided that in any case, the sewage that has been stored in holding tanks, or sewage originating from spaces containing living animals, shall not be discharged instantaneously but at a moderate rate when the ship is en route and proceeding at not less than 4 knots; the rate of discharge shall be approved by the Administration based upon standards developed by the Organization1; or”.
1  Refer to the Recommendation on standards for the rate of discharge of untreated sewage from ships adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the Organization by resolution MEPC.157(55).
[G.N. No. S 394/2007]

Made this 12th day of September 2008.

PETER ONG
Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
[MPA 46/06.C03.V07/LSK; AG/LEG/SL/243/2003/1 Vol. 5]