No. S 509
Environmental Public Health Act
(CHAPTER 95)
Environmental Public Health
(Composition of Offences)
(Amendment No. 3) Rules 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 104(3) of the Environmental Public Health Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules are the Environmental Public Health (Composition of Offences) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2019 and come into operation on 1 August 2019.
Amendment of rule 2
2.  Rule 2 of the Environmental Public Health (Composition of Offences) Rules (R 1) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after “61,” in paragraph (a)(i), “62(2A),”;
(b)by inserting, immediately before “7(2)” in paragraph (a)(ii), the words “6(1) or (2),”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after “9(2),” in paragraph (a)(ii), “11(1), 12(2),”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after “55,” in paragraph (a)(ii), “58(1),”;
(e)by deleting the words “62(2) or (3),” in paragraph (a)(ii) and substituting the words “60(1), 62(2), (3) or (4), 63, 64(2), 67, 69(1) or (2), 70, 72(1), 73(1), 75(1),”;
(f)by inserting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a)(ii);
(g)by deleting the words “17(3), 18, 19(1) or (4),” in paragraph (a)(iii) and substituting the words “17(3) or (6), 18, 19(1) or (4), 30A(2),”;
(h)by inserting, immediately after “86(3)” in paragraph (a)(iii), “, 88A”;
(i)by deleting sub-paragraphs (v) and (vi) of paragraph (a);
(j)by inserting, immediately after the word “section” in paragraph (aa), “45(11),”;
(k)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b), the following paragraph:
(ba)any offence under regulation 15 of the Environmental Public Health (Registration of Environmental Control Officers) Regulations (Rg 2) for contravening regulation 5, 6(5), 10(3) or (4), 12, 13 or 14 of those Regulations;”;
(l)by inserting, immediately after the words “any offence” in the following provisions, the words “(other than a continuing offence)”:
Paragraphs (c), (g), (ga) and (h);
(m)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e), the following paragraph:
(ea)any offence under regulation 10 of the Environmental Public Health (Cooling Towers and Water Fountains) Regulations (Rg 7) for contravening regulation 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 or a notice made under regulation 7 or 9 of those Regulations;”;
(n)by inserting, immediately after “35,” in paragraph (ga)(i), “36,”; and
(o)by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (h) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(i)any offence (other than a continuing offence) under regulation 14 of the Environmental Public Health (General Waste Disposal Facility) Regulations 2017 (G.N. No. S 380/2017) for contravening regulation 5(1), 6(1) or (2), 7(1), (3) or (4), 8(1), 9(1) or (2), 10(1), (2), (3) or (5) or 13(1) or (2) of those Regulations.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 36/2008; S 61/2009; S 243/2014; S 157/2019; S 278/2019]
Made on 29 July 2019.
LEE CHUAN SENG
Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.
[NEA/LD/42 V. 1; AG/LEGIS/SL/95/2015/12 Vol. 1]