Singapore legislation

Section 11

of National Environment Agency Act 2002

Section 11

Functions and duties of Agency

Amended by27/200711/2019

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the functions and duties of the Agency are as follows:

(a)

to identify, undertake research into, and conduct investigations and surveillance of environmental health concerns and vectors of infectious agents, and to develop strategies of prevention and control in connection with such matters;

(b)

to undertake licensing, provision of consultancy services, and promotion of professionalism in relation to pest control, environmental and other related industries;

(c)

to coordinate the implementation and management of upgrading programmes for hawker centres and the review of hawker policies;

(d)

to ensure cleanliness of public areas through the supervision of cleansing services and the prevention of littering;

(e)

to ensure adequate provision of cremation, columbaria and burial services and facilities;

(f)

to manage and regulate air emissions from industrial premises, trade premises and vehicles;

(g)

to monitor and assess the water quality of inland and coastal waters, and to manage and regulate the discharge of trade effluent, oil, chemicals, sewage and any other polluting matter into water courses or on land;

(h)

to construct, develop, manage and regulate refuse treatment and disposal facilities and to regulate refuse collection and disposal;

(i)

to control land contamination and regulate the remediation of contaminated land;

(j)

to regulate the fumigation of premises and articles with hydrogen cyanide or any other fumigant;

(k)

to regulate the import, export, possession, storage, transportation, sale and use of hazardous substances and the import, export, storage, transportation, collection, treatment and disposal of toxic industrial waste;

(l)

to manage and regulate environmental noise, and to monitor and assess ambient air and noise levels;

(m)

to promote energy efficiency, the use of clean energy, the use of clean technologies, the use of efficient pollution control technologies and waste recycling;

(n)

to manage on behalf of the Government any land, building or other property of the Government used in connection with waste recycling;

(o)

to embark on educational programmes to promote and encourage public awareness of and participation in environmental matters;

(p)

to provide advice on environmental pollution threats and disasters, and to develop and review standards and policies on environmental protection and environmental health;

(q)

to provide meteorological services for users, including government agencies, aviation and shipping communities and the general public;

(r)

to conduct meteorological observations, maintain reliable climatological records of Singapore and provide advice on meteorological matters;

(s)

to monitor and maintain records of seismological activities affecting Singapore;

(t)

to advise and make recommendations to the Government on matters, measures and regulations related to or connected with the environment, radiation, meteorology and seismology;

(u)

to represent the Government internationally on matters related to or connected with the environment, radiation, meteorology and seismology; (v)to control and regulate the import, export, possession, storage, transportation, sale and use of radioactive materials and irradiating apparatus;

(w)

to carry out any other functions imposed upon the Agency by or under this Act or any other written law.

Amended by27/200711/2019

(2)

The Agency may undertake any other functions that the Minister may assign to the Agency and in so doing, the Agency is deemed to be fulfilling the purposes of this Act and the provisions of this Act apply to the Agency in respect of those functions.

(3)

Nothing in this section is to be construed as imposing on the Agency, directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court to which it would not otherwise be subject.