Clause 42

in subsection (1)(a), replace “public sewers), public sewers” with “the public sewerage system), the public sewerage system”;

in subsection (1)(a), replace “and stormwater drainage systems” with “, stormwater drainage systems and flood protection measures”;

in subsection (1), after paragraph (a), insert —“(aa)require owners or occupiers of premises to implement and maintain any flood protection measures at the premises that may be prescribed;”;

in subsection (1), after paragraph (c), insert —“(ca)require —

any conveyance transporting used water, sewage, waste matter or effluent to be fitted with any tracking device or locking device approved by the Board; and

the information or data collected by the device to be kept, and provided to the Board, for or in such time (including as and when the Board requires) and in such manner as may be prescribed;

any mechanical equipment or tool used in the course of any works mentioned in section 14 to be fitted with any tracking device that is approved by the Board; and

the information or data collected by the device to be kept, and provided to the Board, for or in such time (including as and when the Board requires) and in such manner as may be prescribed;”;

in subsection (1)(d), after “stormwater drainage systems”, insert “and reservoirs”;

in subsection (1)(e), after “public sewerage system”, insert “and any proposed public sewerage system that has been or is being constructed”;

in subsection (1), after paragraph (e), insert —“(ea)provide for the issue of an order by the Board to stop any works or other activity (including discharging or causing the discharge of any used water, sewage, waste matter or effluent) that has caused damage, or is likely to cause damage, to any or any part of the public sewerage system or a proposed public sewerage system that has been or is being constructed, or which may disrupt any process of treating the used water, sewage, waste matter or effluent or any process of water reclamation;”; and

replace subsection (2) with —“(2) The Board may, in making any regulations, provide that any contravention of the regulations shall be an offence —

punishable with a fine not exceeding $15,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or with both and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or

punishable —

on the first conviction, with a fine not exceeding $15,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or with both and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and

on a second or subsequent conviction, with a fine not exceeding $30,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or with both and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.”.