Singapore legislation
Section 73
Section 73
Regulations
(1)
The appropriate Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act for which he or she is responsible.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the appropriate Minister may make regulations with respect to all or any of the following matters:
the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations for persons and animals, and for regulating the management of the stations;
the cleansing, disinfecting, fumigating and treatment of vessels and premises;
the prohibition on import, export or transhipment of infected merchandise, articles or clothing;
the prescribing of measures to be taken for the prevention of the spread or transmission of infection by means of any vessel or vehicle departing from any infected area of Singapore;
the prohibition and regulation of the removal of fodder, litter, dung, human dejecta, wastewater and other things;
the prescribing of the notification and supply of information by medical practitioners of cases of infectious diseases treated by them;
the prohibition and regulation of vaccinations and other prophylaxis and the issuance of certificates relating thereto;
the prescribing of any measure, the prohibition of any act, or the imposing of a duty to do any act, necessary to prevent or control the spread or possible outbreak of an infectious disease;
the prescribing of fees and charges and of any matter which by this Act is required to be prescribed.
(3)
The appropriate Minister may, in making any regulations, provide that any contravention of or failure to comply with any regulation shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4)
The appropriate Minister may, in making regulations, specify —
different prescribed times and prescribed infectious diseases in relation to different classes of persons who are required to notify the Director under section 6; and
for the purposes of section 21B —
the relevant operators;
the classes of relevant persons to whom a relevant operator may be required to disseminate any health advisory; and
the types of information that may be obtained from different classes of relevant operators.