Singapore legislation
Section 52
Section 52
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following:
the fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing required for the purposes of this Act, and the refund or remission of the whole or any part of any such fees;
the manner of determining the quantity of waste collected by the operator of a licensed scheme;
the duties of an operator of a licensed scheme, including the duty —
to collect specified waste from a person without fee or at a prescribed fee;
to provide collection points for specified waste and the manner and places where such collection points may be placed;
to submit collection plans and contingency plans to the Agency; and
to dispose of specified waste collected in a prescribed manner or only with prescribed persons;
the duties of a licensed e-waste recycler, including the duty —
to meet recycling and material recovery standards; and
to ensure secure data destruction when treating e‑waste;
the receptacles that may be provided by a retailer for the collection of designated regulated consumer products under section 15.
(3)
The regulations made under this section may —
prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded; and
provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or with both.