Singapore legislation

Section 10

of Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Section 10

Director-General may require owner and occupier to provide dustbins and refuse bins, etc.

Amended by26/2008

(1)

The Director-General may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of any premises to provide, construct or reconstruct at the expense of the owner or occupier and within the period that may be specified in the notice —

(a)

dustbins or other convenient receptacles, which must conform to any specifications that the Director‑General may require, to be placed in appropriate locations within the premises of the owner or occupier as the Director‑General thinks fit for the deposit of refuse and rubbish from those premises;

(b)

refuse bin centres or refuse bin compartments, which must conform to any specifications that the Director‑General may require, to be sited in appropriate locations within the premises as the Director‑General thinks fit, and in or on which must be placed the dustbins and other receptacles mentioned in paragraph (a); and

(c)

receptacles which must conform to such specifications as the Director‑General may require, to be placed in appropriate locations within the premises of the owner or occupier as the Director‑General thinks fit for the deposit of recyclables.

Amended by26/2008

(2)

Where any dustbins or receptacles have been provided under subsection (1), the Director‑General may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of any premises concerned to convey, as often as may be necessary, refuse from such premises to a disposal facility.

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