Singapore legislation
Section 9
Section 9
Preventive measures notice to prevent, reduce or control haze pollution
(1)
Where —
there is air pollution of the environment in Singapore, or there is air pollution of the environment in any part of a country or territory outside Singapore, because of any land or forest fire on any land situated outside Singapore; and
based on satellite information, wind velocity and direction and meteorological information, the smoke from that fire is likely to move in the direction of Singapore,the Director‑General may, if he or she thinks it necessary or expedient to prevent, reduce or control any haze pollution in Singapore, give a preventive measures notice to any entity that, in the Director‑General’s opinion, is directly or indirectly involved in any conduct which is causing or contributing to, or is likely to cause or contribute to, any haze pollution in Singapore.
(2)
A preventive measures notice under subsection (1) is a written request to an entity (called in this subsection the recipient entity) requiring it to do or refrain from doing anything specified by the Director‑General in the notice for the purpose of preventing, reducing or controlling any haze pollution in Singapore, such as but not limited to any of the following:
to deploy firefighting personnel and to use any other reasonable methods to extinguish or prevent the spread of any land or forest fire on any land situated outside Singapore which is owned or occupied by the recipient entity, or by another entity, the management of which the recipient entity participates in;
to discontinue, or not commence, any burning activities on such land mentioned in paragraph (a);
to submit to the Director-General any plan of action to extinguish or prevent the spread of any fire on any land mentioned in paragraph (a) and to prevent its recurrence.
(3)
In this section, “fire” includes a fire the Director‑General has reasonable grounds for believing may exist.