Singapore legislation

Section 54

of Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Section 54

Sanitary conveniences in work premises or work place

(1)

Any premises which are used as work premises or work place must be provided —

(a)

with adequate sanitary conveniences sited at any locations that the Director‑General may think fit, having regard to the number of persons employed in, or in attendance at, the work premises or work place; and

(b)

where persons of both sexes are employed or in attendance, with adequate separate sanitary conveniences for persons of each sex, unless the Director‑General is satisfied that in the circumstances of any particular case the provision of those separate sanitary conveniences is unnecessary.

(2)

If it appears to the Director‑General that subsection (1) has not been complied with in the case of any work premises or work place, he or she must, by written notice, require the owner or the occupier of the work premises or work place (as the case may be) to —

(a)

make such alterations in the existing sanitary conveniences; and

(b)

provide such additional sanitary conveniences as may be necessary.

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