Singapore legislation
Clause 13
Clause 13
Repeal and re-enactment of section 31
Section 31 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Licensing of persons carrying on business of collecting, removing, etc., of refuse or waste31.—
No person shall carry on the business of collecting, removing, transporting, storing or importing refuse or waste of any description without a waste collector licence granted by the Commissioner under this section.(2) The Commissioner may grant a licence authorising any person to carry on the business of collecting, removing, transporting, storing or importing refuse or waste of any description.(3) The Commissioner may designate any person who has been granted a licence under this section as a public waste collector licensee.(4) A licence may be granted under this section following a public tender or in such other manner as the Commissioner thinks fit.(5) Except as otherwise prescribed under section 100(5), the Commissioner may require any licensee to render a payment on the grant of a licence under this section or such periodic payments during the currency of the licence or both of such amount or amounts as the Commissioner may determine by or under the licence.(6) Without prejudice to the generality of section 100(1), conditions attached to a licence granted under this section may include —
a condition requiring the licensee to comply with such standard of service and level of performance as the Commissioner may specify;
a condition restricting, in a manner specified in the licence, the provision by the licensee of the service of collecting and removing refuse or waste to premises which are of a class or description so specified and to the area so specified;
the right of the Commissioner in the public interest to make modifications to any condition of the licence or add new conditions during the period to which the licence relates; and
a condition regulating the charge to be levied by the licensee for the provision of the service of collecting and removing refuse or waste.(7) Any person who collects or transports refuse or waste of any description shall ensure that the refuse or waste or liquid from such refuse or waste is not dropped, scattered or spilled onto any public place.(8) Any 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 12 months or to both.(9) Any licence granted under the repealed section 31 and valid immediately before the commencement of the Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Act 1995 shall, subject to such additional conditions as the Commissioner may impose, continue to be valid until the expiry of its term unless sooner revoked by the Commissioner.”.