Singapore legislation

Section 28

of Resource Sustainability Act 2019

Section 28

Licence required to operate producer responsibility scheme

(1)

A person must not operate, or advertise or otherwise hold out that the person is operating, a producer responsibility scheme unless the person is authorised to do so by a licence under this Part.

(2)

A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

(3)

In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence.

(4)

The offence under subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.

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