Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

No. S 589

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Environmental Public Health Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 15th September 2005.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the semi-colon at the end of the definition of “non-domestic premises” and substituting a full-stop; and
(b)	by deleting the definition of “public officer”.

Amendment of regulation 15

3. Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (5).

New regulation 17A

4. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 17, the following regulation:

“Domestic animals

17A. A person who brings an animal into, or allows an animal belonging to him or under his charge to enter or remain in, a public place (other than a national park or public park within the meaning of the Parks and Trees Act 2005 (Act 4 of 2005)) shall remove from the public place any faecal matter deposited by the animal and dispose of such faecal matter properly in a hygienic manner.”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 30

5. Regulation 30 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Penalty

30. Any person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)	for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b)	for a second offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $200 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction; and
(c)	for a third or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.”.

Miscellaneous amendments

6. The principal Regulations are amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Commissioner’s” in the regulation heading of regulation 2A and substituting the word “Director-General’s”;

(b)

by deleting the word “Commissioner” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Director-General”:

Regulations 2A, 3(2)(b), (d), (e) and (f), 4(1), (2) and (4) (2nd line), 6(1)(e) and (3), 10(2) and (3), 13(2), 14(1) and (2), 19(1), 20(1) and (2), 21(1) and (2), 22(2), 24(1) (2nd and 3rd lines), (3) (2nd line) and (4), 28(2) and 29 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of the First Schedule and paragraphs 3 to 9 of the Second Schedule;

(c)

by deleting the words “public officer” in regulation 2A and substituting the words “authorised officer”;

(d)

by deleting the words “a public health officer” wherever they appear in regulations 3(2)(e) and (f), 4(2) and 6(1)(e) and substituting in each case the words “an authorised officer”;

(e)

by deleting the words “a public health officer or any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” in regulation 4(4) and substituting the words “an authorised officer”;

(f)

by deleting the words “a public health officer or any public officer authorised by the Commissioner in that behalf” in regulation 24(1)(b) and substituting the words “an authorised officer”;

(g)

by deleting the words “The Commissioner, a public health officer or any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” in regulation 26(2) and substituting the words “The Director-General or an authorised officer”;

(h)

by deleting the words “the Commissioner, the public health officer or public officer” in regulation 26(2)(b)(i) and substituting the words “the Director-General or the authorised officer”;

(i)

by deleting the words “public health officer, police officer or public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” in regulation 26(6) and substituting the words “authorised officer or police officer”;

(j)

by deleting the words “the Commissioner, a public health officer or any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” in regulation 27(2) and substituting the words “the Director-General or the authorised officer”; and

(k)

by deleting the words “the Commissioner, the public health officer or such public officer” in regulation 27(2)(b)(i) and substituting the words “the Director-General or the authorised officer”.

[G.N. Nos. S 221/2000; S 49/2001; S 176/2001; S 244/2001; S 287/2001; S 316/2001; S 359/2001; S 360/2001; S 199/2002; S 377/2004; S 639/2004]

Made this 13th day of September 2005.

SIMON TAY SEONG CHEE

Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[NEA/LD/98 V 1.6/2; AG/LEG/SL/95/2002/1 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 111(4) of the Environmental Public Health Act).

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