Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
Amendment of section 25
Section 25 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) If, in the opinion of the Director-General, any of the following items used, stored or kept in any premises is likely to threaten the health or safety of any person or to cause pollution of the environment, he may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of any premises to remove the item to a disposal facility:
any hazardous substance;
any material contaminated with a hazardous substance; or
any equipment, device or pipeline contaminated with a hazardous substance.”; and
by deleting the words “hazardous substance stored or kept in the premises” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “item referred to in the notice”.