Singapore legislation

Clause 475

of Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Bill

Clause 475

Amendment of Environmental Public Health Act

The Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95, 2002 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “section 254(2) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50)” in section 31A(6) and substituting the words “section 125(2) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Part VIIIA of the Companies Act” in section 31B(3) and substituting the words “Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018”;

(c)

by deleting paragraph (b) of section 31D(1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)no judicial manager may be appointed under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 in relation to a public waste collector licensee;”;

(d)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of section 31D(1)(c);

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (d) of section 31D(1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)no application under section 210 of the Companies Act or section 71 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 may be made by any person in relation to a public waste collector licensee, unless that person has served 14 days’ written notice of that person’s intention to make the application on the Agency.”;

(f)

by deleting subsection (2) of section 31D and substituting the following subsection:“(2) The Agency must be a party to —

(a)

any proceedings under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 relating to the winding up of the affairs of a public waste collector licensee; or

(b)

any proceedings relating to the making of an order under section 210 of the Companies Act or section 71 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 in relation to a public waste collector licensee.”; and

(g)

by deleting the words “section 127 of the Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20)” in section 80K(4)(b) and substituting the words “section 397 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018”.