Environmental Pollution Control (Prohibition on the Use of Open Fires) Order 1999

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No. S 161

Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999

(Act 9 of 1999)

Environmental Pollution Control (Prohibition on the Use of Open Fires) Order 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) of the Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999, the Minister for the Environment hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Environmental Pollution Control (Prohibition on the Use of Open Fires) Order 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1999.

Open fires prohibited in industrial or trade premises

2. The use of open fires in any industrial or trade premises is prohibited, except where such open fires are used for —

(a)	the purpose of fire fighting practices; or
(b)	the disposal of tail gases from industrial plants.

Revocation

3. The Clean Air (Prohibition on the Use of Open Fires) Order (Cap. 45, O 1) is revoked.

Made this 24th day of March 1999.

TAN GEE PAW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[PCD/CF/A01/30; AG/LEG/SL/94A/98/1 Vol. 1]

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