Singapore legislation

Clause 25

of Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Bill

Clause 25

Related amendment to National Environment Agency Act

The National Environment Agency Act (Cap. 195) is amended by renumbering section 18 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) The members, officers and employees of the Agency shall, in relation to their administration, assessment, collection and enforcement of payment of —

(a)

all fees and charges in connection with the Agency’s function referred to in section 11(1)(o);

(b)

any composition sums imposed under any written law administered by the Agency; and

(c)

the financial penalties imposed under Part IXA of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) with respect to the cleaning business licences issued under that Part,be deemed to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109), and section 20 of that Act shall apply to such persons notwithstanding that they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.”.