Schedule 2

The Director-General shall be responsible for the administration of this Act, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister. (2) The Director-General may in writing appoint any public officer or any officer of the Agency or of any statutory authority to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act and the regulations. (3) The Director-General may, by instrument in writing under his hand, appoint any person who in his opinion is qualified to carry out any analysis, test or examination or to make any report for the purpose of this Act or the regulations. (4) The Director-General may, with the approval of the Minister, delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him by this Act or the regulations to any authorised officer, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Director-General may specify.”. (c)Section 5 Repeal. (d)Sections 6(2) (penultimate line), 7 (2nd and 3rd lines) and 7(c) (last line) and (d), 8(1) (1st and 2nd lines), (2) (1st line), (3), (4) (1st line), (5) and (6) (1st and 2nd lines), 9(1) (2nd line) and (2), 10(1), 11(1) (1st line), (2) (2nd and penultimate lines), (3) (3rd line), (4) (1st and 3rd lines) and (5) (1st and penultimate lines), 12(a) (2nd line) and (b) (1st and penultimate lines), 13(1)(a), (b) and (c) and (2) (3rd and penultimate lines), 17(1), (2), (3), (4) (1st, 3rd and last lines), (5) and (6), 18(1) (1st and 3rd lines), (2) (1st line), (3) (1st line), (4) (2nd line), (5) (1st and 2nd lines), (6) (penultimate line), (7), (8), (9), (10) and section heading, 20 (last line), 21 (1st and penultimate lines), 22(1) (1st line) and (2) (1st line), 23 (1st and 4th lines), 30(1) (penultimate and last lines), (2) (b), (3) (1st line) and (3)(a), (4) (1st line) and (4)(a) and (b) (2nd line), (5) (5th, 9th and last lines), (6) (1st line), (7), (8) and (9) (2nd line), 32(1) (1st and 3rd lines), (2) (1st line) and (3) (4th and 7th lines), 33(1)(a), (b) and (c), (2) and (3) (3rd line), 34(1), 37 (1st and penultimate lines and section heading), 38(1) (1st line), (2)(b) (1st line) and (3) (2nd line) and (3)(a), 39(1) (1st and 2nd lines and 4th line) and (2) (1st line, 42 (1) (1st and 4th lines), 44 (1st line), 45 (3rd line and section heading), 52 (last line), 54 (3rd line) and 55(1) (2nd line) and (1)(a) Delete the word “Commissioner” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (e)Sections 14(1) (1st line), (2) (1st line), (3), (4)(a) (1st and 2nd lines and penultimate line) and (b), (5) (1st line), (6) (penultimate line), (7) (3rd and 4th lines) and (8) (2nd and 3rd lines), 19 (3rd line) and 32(1)(b)(iii) Delete the words “Commissioner or a public health officer” wherever they appear and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or an authorised officer”. (f)Section 14(2) (4th line) and (7) (penultimate line) Delete the words “Commissioner or public health officer” and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or authorised officer”. (g)Sections 16(2) and 36(4) (2nd and 3rd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner or any public health officer” and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (h)Section 17(2) and section heading Delete the word “Commissioner’s” and substitute in each case the word “Director-General’s”. (i)Sections 36(1) (1st line), 47(1) (1st line), 48(1) (1st and 2nd lines) and (2) (2nd line), 54 (1st and 2nd lines) and 60(2)(g) Delete the words “Commissioner or any public health officer” and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (j)Section 36(4) (3rd and penultimate lines) Delete the words “Commissioner or the public health officer” and substitute the words “Director-General or the authorised officer”. (k)Sections 40(1) (penultimate line) and section heading, 43 (2nd line) and 52 (3rd line) Delete the word “Government” and substitute in each case the word “Agency”. (l)New section 42A Insert, immediately after section 42, the following section: “Fees, etc., payable to Agency 42A. All fees, charges, composition fines and moneys collected under this Act or the regulations shall be paid to the Agency.”. (m)Section 44 (last line) Delete the words “Consolidated Fund” and substitute the words “funds of the Agency”. (n)Sections 45 (1st and 2nd lines) and 46(1) (1st and 2nd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner or any public health officer,” and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or any”. (o)Sections 46(1) (3rd and 4th lines) and (2), 47(1)(c), 48(1) (penultimate and last lines) and 55(2)(a) and (b) Delete the words “Commissioner, public health officer” and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (p)Section 53(1) (1st and 2nd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner or any officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Minister” and substitute the words “Director-General or any officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Agency”. (q)Section 55(1)(b) Delete the words “public health officer or”. (r)Section 59 Delete the words “Commissioner may, in his discretion, either permanently or for such period as he may think fit” and substitute the words “Agency may, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister, either permanently or for such period as the Agency thinks fit”. (s)Section 60(1) (1st line) and (2) (2nd line) Delete the words “Minister may” and substitute in each case the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (t)Section 60(3) (1st line) Delete the words “Minister may,” and substitute the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (u)New section 62 Insert, immediately after section 61, the following section: “Transitional provision 62. Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health under any provision of this Act immediately before the date of commencement of the National Environment Agency Act 2002 shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given or approved under the same provision by the Director-General.”. (3)Environmental Pollution Control Act (Chapter 94A, 2000 Ed.) (a)Section 2 (i)Insert, immediately before the definition of “air impurities”, the following definition:“ “Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;”. (ii)Delete the definition of “authorised officer” and substitute the following definition:“ “authorised officer” means any person appointed to be an authorised officer under section 3(2);”. (iii)Delete the definition of “Director” and substitute the following definition:“ “Director-General” means the Director-General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);”. (b)Sections 2 (definition of “analyst”), 5(1) (last line), (2) (2nd line), (3) (1st line), (4) (lst, 3rd and last lines), 6(1), (3) (2nd line), 7 (1st line) and 7(b) and (c) and section heading, 8(1) (2nd line) and (1)(d), 9 (3rd line), 12(3) and (4), 13(1) (1st and 3rd lines) and section heading, 15(1), (3) (penultimate and last lines) and (4), 16(2), 17(4) (2nd and 4th lines), 18(1) (1st and penultimate lines) and section heading, 19(1) (1st line) and (1)(h) and section heading, 22(1), 23(1)(c), 25(1) (1st line), (2) (1st line) and section heading, 26(1) (1st line), (2) (1st line) and (2)(b) (2nd line) and (c), (3) and (4) (1st line), 28(1) (1st and penultimate lines), (3) (7th and last lines), 29(1) (1st line), (2) (1st and 2nd lines) and (2)(d) and (e) (3rd line), (3), (4) (7th and last lines), 30 (1st line) and section heading, 31(1) (3rd and penultimate lines) and (2) (4th line), 32(1), (1A) (b) and (c) (3rd line), (2), (3), (4) (1st line), (6), (8), (10), (11) (2nd and 3rd lines) and (12), 33(1) (3rd line), (2), (4) (2nd, 3rd and last lines), (5), (6), (7) (3rd and penultimate lines), (8) (1st and last lines) and (9) (1st line) and (9)(a) (last line), 34(1), 36(1) (1st and 3rd lines) and (1)(b) and (c), (2) and (3) (1st line), 37(1) (1st line), (2)(c), (4) (2nd line) and (5), 39(3) (2nd line) and (5), 41(1)(b), (2) and (3) (2nd line), 42(3) (penultimate line), (4) and (5) (1st line), 43(1) (1st and penultimate lines), (2) (1st line) and (3), 44(1) (1st line), (4) and section heading, 45(1) (1st and 2nd lines), 46 (1st line) and section heading, 47(1) (1st line) and (3) (3rd line), 48(1) (1st line), (2) (1st line) and (3), 49(a) and (c) (2nd line and penultimate lines) and section heading, 50 (1st and 5th lines) and (e), 51(2)(c), 52(1), 53(4) (3rd line), (5) and (8) (2nd line), 54(1) (1st and 3rd lines), 55(1) (1st line) and (1)(a) (1st line) and (b) (1st and 6th lines), (2) (1st and penultimate lines), (6) (4th and 5th lines), (7) and (8) (2nd line), 56(1), 57(2) (1st line), 58(1) (penultimate line), (2) and section heading, 60, 61(2), 63(2) (3rd line), 65(1) and (2), 67(2) (2nd and last lines), 68(1) (2nd and 3rd lines) and (2), 70(1), 72(1) (1st line) and (3), Part I of Second Schedule (end of 2nd item under the column Exclusions relating to the Substance “Anionic surface active agents”) and Third Schedule (paragraphs 3 and 8) Delete the word “Director” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (c)Section 3 Repeal and substitute the following section: “Appointment of Director-General and authorised officers 3.—

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint any person to be the Director-General of Environmental Protection who shall be responsible for the administration of this Act and any other written law, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister. (2) The Director-General may in writing appoint any public officer or any officer of the Agency or of any statutory authority or any member or employee of any Town Council to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act and the regulations. (3) The Director-General may, with the approval of the Minister, delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him by this Act or the regulations to any authorised officer, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Director-General may specify.”. (d)Section 4 Repeal and substitute the following section: “Public servants 4. Any authorised officer who is generally or specially authorised under section 3(2) to perform or exercise all or any of the functions, duties or powers which are imposed or conferred by this Act or the regulations upon the Director-General shall be deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).”. (e)Sections 5(1) (1st line) and (4) (3rd line), 17(4) (last line), 53(1) (3rd and penultimate lines) and 63(1) (3rd line) Delete the word “Government” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Agency”. (f)Sections 12(5), 20, 34(2) (1st line), 38(1) (1st line), 47(3) (1st line) and 77(1) (1st line) Delete the words “Minister may” and substitute in each case the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (g)Sections 14(1) (1st line), 35(5) and 77(2) (1st line) Delete the words “Minister may,” and substitute in each case the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (h)Sections 17(2) (6th line), 39(1) (1st and 5th lines) and 40(1) and (2) Delete the word “Minister” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Agency”. (i)Sections 23(2), 32(7) and 33(3) Delete the word “Minister” and substitute in each case the words “Agency, with the approval of the Minister”. (j)Sections 26(2)(b) (1st line) and 36(1)(b) Delete the word “Director’s” and substitute in each case the word “Director-General’s”. (k)Section 40(1) Delete the word “he” and substitute the words “the Agency”. (l)New section 51A Insert, immediately after section 51, the following section: “Fees, etc., payable to Agency 51A. All fees, charges, composition fines and moneys collected under this Act or the regulations shall be paid to the Agency.”. (m)Section 55(5) Delete the words “public officer duly authorised in writing by the Director in that behalf” and substitute the words “authorised officer”. (n)New section 69A Insert, immediately after section 69, the following section: “Evidence 69A.—

The contents of any document prepared, issued or served under or for the purposes of this Act shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be correct and the production of any book purporting to contain any apportionment made under this Act shall, without any other evidence, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein. (2) All records, registers and other documents kept by the Agency or by any authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or the regulations shall be deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer or employee of the Agency responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be, and subscribed by such officer or employee with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts therefrom.”. (o)Section 75 Delete the words “Minister may by notification in the Gazette, exempt, either generally or for such period as he may specify,” and substitute the words “Agency may, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister, either permanently or for such period as the Agency thinks fit, exempt”. (p)Section 78 Insert, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection: “(5) Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given or approved by the Director of Environmental Pollution Control under any provision of this Act immediately before the date of commencement of the National Environment Agency Act 2002 shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given or approved under the same provision by the Director-General.”. (q)Paragraph 2 of the Fourth Schedule Delete the words “Director of Environmental Pollution Control” and substitute the words “Director-General”. (4)Environmental Public Health Act (Chapter 95, 1999 Ed.) (a)Section 2 (i)Insert, immediately before the definition of “building”, the following definitions:“ “Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director-General under section 3(2) and (4) to be an authorised officer;”. (ii)Delete the definition of “Commissioner”. (iii)Insert, immediately after the definition of “dangerous substance”, the following definition:“ “Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);”. (iv)Delete the definitions of “public health officer” and “public officer”. (b)Sections 2 (paragraph (e) of definition of “dangerous substance”), 62(1) and 113(2) and (3) (1st line) Delete the words “Minister may,” and substitute in each case the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (c)Sections 2 (definition of “public waste collector licensee”), 5 and section heading, 6(3) (1st line), 7(1) (1st line), 8(1), (2) (b) (1st line) and section heading, 9(1) (1st line) and (2), 10(1) (1st line) and (1)(a) (2nd and 4th lines) and (b) (2nd and 4th lines), (2) and section heading, 11(2) (1st and penultimate lines), 12(2), 13(4), 15 (1st, 6th and penultimate lines), 16(2), 19(2) (1st and 3rd lines), 20(2) (3rd and penultimate lines), (5)(b) and (6), 21(8) (2nd, 3rd and penultimate lines), 21A(5) (c), 21C(1) (3rd line), 21D(1) (2nd and 3rd lines), 22(1) (1st line) and (2), 23(1), (2), (3), (4) (2nd and penultimate lines), (5)(a), (b) and (d), (6) and (7), 24(1), 26(1) and (2), 27 (1st line), 28, 29(1) (last line), (2) and (3) (1st and 2nd lines), 30 (1st line), 31(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) (2nd and last lines) and (6)(a) and (c), 32(1), (2) (1st and last lines) and (3) (2nd and last lines), 33 (last line), 34(1), (2) and (3), 35 and section heading, 36, 37(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) (1st line) and (6)(c), 38(1) (penultimate line) and (2), 39(3) (1st, 3rd and penultimate lines), 40(5), 41(2), 42(8) (penultimate line), 43, 45(1) (3rd line), (3), (4) (penultimate line), (5), (6) (2nd and 3rd lines) and (9) (2nd and 8th lines), 47 (1st line), 48(1) (1st, 5th, 10 and 12th lines) and (2) (3rd line), 49(1) (1st and 8th lines), (3) (2nd line) and (4) (1st line), 50, 51, 52(1) (1st and 8th lines) and (2), 53 (1st and 5th lines), 54(1) (3rd and 7th lines) and (2) (1st line), 56 (1st and penultimate lines), 57(1) (1st line) and (1)(a) and (2) (1st and 2nd lines), 58(2) and (5), 59(1) (3rd line), (3) (last line) and (4) (1st line), 60(2) (1st, 3rd and penultimate lines) and (3) (2nd line) and (3)(b)(ii), 61 (1st, 3rd and penultimate lines) and section heading, 63, 64(1) (1st line), (2) and (3) (penultimate line), 67, 68 (penultimate line), 69(2) (last line), 72(1), 73(2) (1st line), (3) and (5) (1st line), 74(1) (1st and 11th lines), 75(2) (1st and penultimate lines), 76(1)(a), (c) and (d), 79 (1st line), 82(1) (2nd line), 84 (1st and penultimate lines) and section heading, 87(1) and (2), 88(3) (2nd line), and (4) (2nd line), 90(1) (5th line) and (2), 91(3) (2nd line), 92(1) (1st line and 3rd and 4th lines), 93(1) (2nd line), (2) and section heading, 94(2) (1st line), (2A), (2B), (2C), (4), (6) and (10), 95(1) (2nd line), 98 (1st line) and section heading, 104(1) (1st line), 109(2) (2nd line) and 110 Delete the word “Commissioner” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (d)Section 3 Repeal and substitute the following section: “Appointment of Director-General and authorised officers 3.—

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint any person to be the Director-General of Public Health who shall be responsible for the administration of this Act and any other written law, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister. (2) The Director-General may in writing appoint any public officer or any officer of the Agency or of any statutory authority to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act and any regulations made thereunder. (3) The Director-General may, with the approval of the Minister, delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to any authorised officer, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Director-General may specify. (4) The Director-General may, with the approval of the Minister, appoint any person set out in the first column of the Fourth Schedule as authorised officer for the purposes of exercising all or any of the powers under this Act and any regulations made thereunder that are set out in the second column of that Schedule, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Director-General may specify.”. (e)Section 4 Repeal. (f)Sections 16(1) (3rd and penultimate lines) and section heading, 40(8) (3rd line), 48(3), 71 and section heading, 72(1), 82(2), 85(1) and section heading and 91(1) (2nd line) Delete the word “Government” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Agency”. (g)Section 19(3)(b)(i) (3rd, 4th and 5th lines) Delete the words “, public health officer or by a public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” and substitute the words “or an authorised officer”. (h)Section 19(3)(b)(i) (penultimate and last lines) Delete the words “, public health officer or authorised public officer” and substitute the words “or authorised officer”. (i)Section 20(2) (5th and 6th lines) Delete the words “public health officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” and substitute the words “authorised officer”. (j)Section 21(1) (2nd, 3rd and 4th lines) Delete the words “police officer, public health officer, or public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” and substitute the words “police officer or authorised officer”. (k)Sections 21(2) (2nd line), (3) and (4), 42(2) (2nd and 3rd lines), (3), (4) and (8) (6th line) and 96(1) (penultimate line) Delete the words “police officer, public health officer or authorised public officer” and substitute in each case the words “police officer or authorised officer”. (l)Sections 21B(4) (1st line), 62(4), 80, 104(3) and 113(1) (1st line) Delete the words “Minister may” and substitute in each case the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (m)Section 21E (definition of “supervision officer”) Delete the words “a public health officer or any other person as the Minister may,” and substitute the words “an authorised officer or any other person as the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (n)Section 40(1) Insert, immediately after the word “possession”, the words “for sale by retail”. (o)Section 40(2) (1st line), (3), (4) (2nd and 3rd lines) and (9) Delete the words “Commissioner or a public health officer” and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or an authorised officer”. (p)Section 40(2)(a)(i) Delete the words “, either wholesale or retail,” and substitute the words “by retail”. (q)Section 40(2)(b) Insert, immediately after the word “contain”, the words “for sale by retail” (r)Section 40(3) Delete the words “Commissioner or public health officer” and substitute the words “Director-General or authorised officer”. (s)Sections 42(1) (3rd and 4th lines), 96(1) (1st, 2nd and 3rd lines) and (2) (1st, 2nd and 3rd lines) and 99(1) (1st and 2nd lines) Delete the words “police officer, public health officer or public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” and substitute in each case the words “police officer or authorised officer”. (t)Section 42(16) and (18) (last line) Delete the words “into the Consolidated Fund” and substitute in each case the words “to the Agency”. (u)Section 46(2) (1st and 2nd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner or any person authorised by him in writing in that behalf” and substitute the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (v)Section 49(3) (3rd and penultimate lines) and (6) Delete the words “Commissioner or any person authorised by him in that behalf in writing” and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (w)Section 58(3) (1st and 2nd lines) Delete the words “a public health officer or any public officer authorised in writing by the Commissioner in that behalf” and substitute the words “an authorised officer”. (x)Section 58(3) (5th and 6th lines) Delete the words “public health officer or authorised public officer” and substitute the words “authorised officer”. (y)Section 81(1) (1st, 2nd and 3rd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner, any public health officer or any public officer or any person as the Commissioner may authorise in writing in that behalf” and substitute the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (z)Section 81(3) (4th and 5th lines) Delete the words “Commissioner, any public health officer or any public officer or person so authorised” and substitute the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (za)Section 82(1) (2nd and 5th lines) Delete the word “Minister” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Agency”. (zb)Section 82(1) (3rd line) Delete the words “public health officer” and substitute the words “authorised officer”. (zc)Section 82(1) (5th line) Delete the words “Commissioner or any public health officer” and substitute the words “Director-General or authorised officer”. (zd)Section 83 (2nd line) Delete the words “Commissioner, any public health officer” and substitute the words “Director-General, any authorised officer”. (ze)New section 89A Insert, immediately after section 89, the following section: “Fees, etc., payable to Agency 89A. All fees, charges, composition fines and moneys collected under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be paid to the Agency.”. (zf)Section 94 (i)Delete subsection (1) and substitute the following subsection: “(1) The grant or renewal of any licence —

shall be in the discretion of the Director-General;

may be granted, renewed or refused without any reason for the grant, renewal or refusal being assigned therefor; and

may be granted or renewed subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Director-General may think fit.”. (ii)Delete the word “Minister” in subsection (5) and substitute the words “Agency with the approval of the Minister”. (iii)Delete subsections (8) and (9) and substitute the following subsections: “(8) No person shall in any manner transfer any licence or permit any licence to be used by any other person without the approval in writing of the Director-General. (9) Where a licensee —

is in breach of any restriction or condition subject to which the licence was granted; or

has contravened any provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, the Director-General may —

suspend or cancel the licence; and

in the case of paragraph (a), in lieu of or in addition to sub-paragraph (i), impose a financial penalty of such amount, not exceeding $5,000, as the Director-General thinks fit. (9A) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who is aggrieved by —

the refusal by the Director-General to grant or renew a licence;

the suspension or cancellation by the Director-General of any licence;

the imposition of any financial penalty by the Director-General; or

the forfeiture of any sum deposited or bond entered into under this section, may, within 14 days of such refusal, suspension, cancellation, imposition of financial penalty or forfeiture, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.”. (zg)Section 95(1) Delete the words “officer or employee authorised thereunto by the Commissioner” and substitute the words “authorised officer”. (zh)Section 95(2) Delete the words “Commissioner or any officer or employee authorised thereunto by the Commissioner” and substitute the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (zi)Section 97(1) (2nd and 3rd lines) and (4) (2nd and 3rd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner or any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” and substitute in each case the words “Director-General or any authorised officer”. (zj)Sections 100, 105 and 106 Repeal. (zk)Section 112 Delete the words “Commissioner may, in his discretion, either permanently or for such period as he may think fit,” and substitute the words “Agency may, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister, either permanently or for such period as the Agency thinks fit,”. (zl)New section 114 Insert, immediately after section 113, the following section: “Transitional provision 114. Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health under any provision of this Act immediately before the date of commencement of the National Environment Agency Act 2002 shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given or approved under the same provision by the Director-General.”. (zm)Fourth Schedule Delete the words “a public health officer” in the second column of items (1), (4) and (5) and substitute in each case the words “an authorised officer”. (5)Infectious Diseases Act (Chapter 137, 1999 Ed.) (a)Section 2 (i)Delete the definition of “Commissioner”. (ii)Insert, immediately after the definition of “Director”, the following definition:“ “Director-General” means the Director-General of the Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);”. (iii)Delete the definition of “public health auxiliary”. (b)Sections 2 (definition of “Health Officer”), 3(2), (3) and (4), 4(1), 5 (3rd line), 27(1), 28(1), 29(1) (1st line) and (2), 32(1) and (2), 37, 40(1) (1st line) and (1)(b), (2) (1st and 2nd lines) and section heading, 41(1), 42(2) (1st line), (3) and (4), 44(1), (2) and section heading, 45(1) (5th and 6th lines), (3), (4) (1st line) and (5), 55(1) (1st line) and (2) (2nd line), 56(1) (2nd and 3rd lines), 57(1) (2nd line) and (2) (2nd and 3rd lines), 63 (1) (2nd line) and (2) (2nd, 3rd and penultimate lines) and 68 Delete the word “Commissioner” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (c)Section 4 Delete subsection (2). (d)Section 12 (3) (3rd line) Delete the words “a public health auxiliary or”. (e)Section 42 (1) (1st, 2nd and 3rd lines) Delete the words “Commissioner, a Port Health Officer or any public health auxiliary authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner or a Port Health Officer” and substitute the words “Director-General or a Port Health Officer”. (f)Section 45 (4) Delete the word “Government” in the last line and substitute the word “Agency”. (g)Section 56(1) (1st line) Delete the words “, any public health auxiliary”. (h)New section 68A Insert, immediately after section 68, the following section: “Fees, etc., payable to Agency 68A. All fees, charges, composition fines and moneys collected under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be paid to the Agency.”. (i)New section 73 Insert, immediately after section 72, the following section: “Transitional provision 73. Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health under any provision of this Act immediately before the date of commencement of the National Environment Agency Act 2002 shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given or approved under the same provision by the Director-General.”. (6)Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act (Chapter 310, 1998 Ed.) (a)Section 2 (i)Delete the definition of “Commissioner” and substitute the following definitions:“ “Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director-General of Public Health under section 3(2) of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act;”. (ii)Delete the definitions of “public health officer” and “public officer”. (b)Section 3(1) (1st line) Delete the words “Minister may,” and substitute the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (c)Section 3(1) (2nd line) Delete the word “he” and substitute the words “the Agency”. (d)Sections 3(1) (penultimate and last lines), 7(3) and 10(1) Delete the words “Minister may” and substitute in each case the words “Agency may, with the approval of the Minister,”. (e)Section 3 Delete the section heading and substitute the following section heading: “Prohibition of smoking in specified places and vehicles”. (f)Section 4(1) (3rd, 4th and 5th lines) Delete the words “public health officer or by any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner (referred to in this section as the authorised public officer)” and substitute the words “authorised officer”. (g)Section 4(2) (1st and 2nd lines) and (3) Delete the words “police officer, public health officer or authorised public officer” and substitute in each case the words “police officer or authorised officer”. (h)Section 4(4) Delete the words “police officer, public health officer or authorised public officer, as the case may be,” and substitute the words “police officer or authorised officer”. (i)Section 4 (section heading) Delete the words “public health officers” and substitute the words “authorised officers”. (j)Sections 5(1)(b), (2) (2nd line) and (3) (3rd line), 7(1) (1st line) and 8 Delete the word “Commissioner” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the word “Director-General”. (k)Section 6(2)(a) Delete the words “, any public health officer or any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner” and substitute the words “or authorised officer”. (l)New section 7A Insert, immediately after section 7, the following section: “Fees, etc., payable to Agency 7A. All fees, charges, composition fines and moneys collected under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be paid to the Agency.”. (m)Section 9 Repeal and substitute the following section: “Exemption 9. The Agency may, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister, either permanently or for such period as the Agency thinks fit, exempt any specified place or specified vehicle from all or any of the provisions of this Act.”. (n)Section 10(1) Delete the word “him” and substitute the words “the Agency”.(o)New section 11 Insert, immediately after section 10, the following section: “Transitional provision 11. Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health under any provision of this Act immediately before the date of commencement of the National Environment Agency Act 2002 shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given or approved under the same provision by the Director-General.”.