Singapore legislation
Section 31N
Section 31N
Tariff
(1)
The owner or occupier of any premises within a DPWCS area which is connected to the DPWCS for that DPWCS area must pay to the DPWCS licensee a tariff for, or in respect of, operating or maintaining the DPWCS.
(2)
The tariff mentioned in subsection (1) —
is of such amount; and
is payable at such time or times,as the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, by order in the Gazette, prescribe.
(3)
For the purpose of determining the amount of the tariff under subsection (2)(a), the following factors may be taken into consideration:
the amount of refuse conveyed from the premises;
the cost of storage of the refuse conveyed from the premises;
the cost of operating, maintaining and replacing the air and ventilation networks and refuse pipeline networks of the DPWCS;
the cost of treatment of exhaust air generated by the pneumatic waste conveyance system to minimise any environmental nuisance.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (2), the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe different amounts of tariffs and different times of payment for persons differently situated, including different amounts of tariff for premises with different gross floor areas and generating different amounts of refuse.
(5)
Where the premises mentioned in subsection (1) are comprised in a strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, a reference to the owner or occupier of the premises is deemed to refer to the management corporation constituted under that strata title plan under that Act.