Singapore legislation
Section 31L
Section 31L
Director-General may require owner or occupier to connect to DPWCS
(1)
The Director‑General may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of any premises within a DPWCS area to —
reconstruct, rebuild, retrofit or modify, at the owner’s or occupier’s expense, any refuse lift, refuse chute, refuse chamber, refuse bin centre or refuse bin compartment (or any part or component of the foregoing) within the premises to conform to such specifications of the related internal assets as may be prescribed, or if not prescribed, as the Director‑General may require for the good working of the DPWCS;
maintain or operate, at the owner’s or occupier’s expense, any related internal assets according to such specifications as the Director‑General may require;
make or maintain, at the owner’s or occupier’s expense, the connection of the related internal assets to the refuse pipeline networks according to such specifications, and for such period as the Director‑General may require; and
employ or engage only persons that the Director‑General may approve to construct, reconstruct, connect, maintain the connection of, maintain or operate any related internal assets.
(2)
An owner or occupier who fails to comply with a notice of the Director‑General under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3)
In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2), it is a defence for the accused to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the accused had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply.