Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Sewerage and Drainage (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 13A

In the principal Act, in section 13A(1), replace paragraphs (a) and (b) with —“(a)obtaining from the Board the relevant drainage plan or sewerage plan or other plans or records to ascertain —

(i)

the location of any public sewerage system or part thereof, in the vicinity of the place at which the person proposes to do those works;

(ii)

the location of any proposed public sewerage system or part thereof which has been or is being constructed, in the vicinity of the place at which the person proposes to do those works; or

(iii)

the proposed location for the construction of any proposed public sewerage system or part thereof, in the vicinity of the place at which the person proposes to do those works;

(aa)in relation to any proposed public sewerage system or part thereof, ascertaining from the Board the extent of the construction of the system or part thereof, and —

(i)

the location of the system or any part thereof that has been or is being constructed; or

(ii)

the proposed location at which the system or any part thereof is to be constructed,as the case may be;

(b)

in relation to any public sewerage system or proposed public sewerage system, or part thereof, that has been or is being constructed — physically ascertaining the location of such system or part thereof that may be interfered with by those works, by carrying out trial trenches or by using any other method approved by the Board; and”.