Singapore legislation

Section 42A

of Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Section 42A

Regulations for this Part

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(1)

The Minister charged with the responsibility for food safety may make regulations for or in respect of every purpose which the Minister considers necessary or expedient for carrying out the provisions of this Part, and in particular —

(a)

the control, regulation and supervision of markets (and anything in a market and places in the vicinity of a market) and of persons engaged or employed in a market;

(b)

the seizure and disposal of unwholesome meat, fish, fruit, vegetables or other food or drink exposed or intended for sale;

(c)

the use and management of stalls, tables or showboards set up for the sale of any goods in public streets or places of public resort;

(d)

specifying of streets, places and areas (or parts thereof) at which hawkers are prohibited;

(e)

prescribing the articles, or types or classes of articles, that may be sold from or exposed for sale in or on any stall, vehicle or other receptacle in any public street or place or by any itinerant hawker, and premises where any such article is prepared or stored and the manner in which any such article is prepared or transported;

(f)

the form and manner in which, and the time within which, an application for a licence or permit or an application to renew a licence or permit may be made, and the information and evidence required to be provided in connection with the application; and

(g)

the fees to be paid to the Singapore Food Agency in respect of applications for and the grant and renewal or late renewal of any licence or permit, and otherwise in connection with the administration of this Part, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged.

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(2)

In addition, the regulations made under subsection (1) may —

(a)

prescribe the offences under this Part that may be compounded, designate the officers of the Singapore Food Agency who may compound those offences and the maximum sum for which any such offence may be compoundable, which must not exceed one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence or $5,000, whichever is lower;

(b)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and

(c)

provide for any transitional, saving and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions that are necessary or expedient.

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(3)

All regulations made under this section must be published in the Gazette and be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication.

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