Clause 6

in section 2, in the definition of “appointed officer”, replace “section 89A(1)” with “section 89H(1)”;

in section 2, after the definition of “public licence”, insert —“ “Public Utilities Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;”;

in section 2, after the definition of “regulations”, insert —“ “reservoir” means a body of water maintained as a reservoir by the Public Utilities Board in the following areas as defined in regulations made under section 72 of the Public Utilities Act 2001:

a Catchment Area Park;

the Central Water Catchment Area;”;

in section 2, after the definition of “vessel”, insert —“ “waterway” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;”;

in section 27, after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) Where any fee is prescribed under subsection (1) for the use of a deposit site described in section 79(11A) —

the fee may take into account the cost of any of the matters specified in the Fourth Schedule, and may further be of an amount to encourage the deposit of objects and materials appropriately and responsibly, and in a sustainable manner;

different fees may be prescribed in relation to different objects or materials being deposited at different deposit sites;

the amount of the fee may be prescribed on a per unit volume basis; and

for the purposes of calculating the fee, the quantity or volume of objects or materials being deposited may be determined by the Authority in such manner as it thinks fit.”;

in section 79, after subsection (11), insert —“(11A) For the purpose of subsection (1)(b), the Authority may demarcate any part of a river, waterway or the seashore as described in subsection (1)(a) as a site (called in this section a deposit site) at which any object or material may be deposited, and may do such things as it considers necessary to develop, manage, monitor or maintain the deposit site.(11B) To avoid doubt, where any deposit site was originally a part of a river, waterway or the seashore lying below the high‑water mark of ordinary tides, nothing in this section prevents the Authority from giving or continuing to give consent for any object or material to be deposited at the deposit site even though the deposit of the object or material would be at or above the high‑water mark of ordinary tides at that deposit site.”;

after Part 13, insert —“PART 13AREGULATION OF INLAND CRAFTAdministration of this Part89H.—

The Chief Executive may in writing —

authorise any officer or employee of the Authority; or

appoint any officer of another statutory body,as an appointed officer for the purposes of regulating inland craft under this Act.(2) Every appointed officer, when exercising any power or carrying out any duty of an appointed officer under this Act, must comply with such general or specific directions as the Chief Executive may, from time to time, give to the appointed officer.Power to board inland craft, etc.89I.—

Without limiting any powers under Parts 15 and 16, any appointed officer may exercise all or any of the powers in subsection (2) for the purpose of —

ascertaining whether the provisions of the regulations made under section 89J are being complied with; or

investigating any offence under the regulations made under section 89J.(2) The powers mentioned in subsection (1) are as follows:

to board any inland craft;

to search any inland craft and take possession of anything found on board the inland craft;

to require any person to produce any record, certificate, notice or document that is in the person’s possession;

to take and retain extracts from or copies of any record, certificate, notice or document mentioned in paragraph (c);

to take and retain samples of any materials (whether solid, liquid, gaseous or vapour) found on board the inland craft for analysis for the purpose in subsection (1)(a) or (b);

to take such photographs as the officer reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose in subsection (1)(a) or (b);

to require any person to —

provide evidence of the person’s identity; or

produce for inspection any papers relating to the registration of the inland craft or for the purpose of identifying the inland craft.Regulations for this Part89J.—

The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for the purposes of this Part, including all or any of the following matters:

the construction of inland craft, including the machinery, equipment, fittings, installations, appliances and apparatus of inland craft;

the maintenance of inland craft, including the provision, maintenance and stowage of life‑saving and fire‑fighting appliances and apparatus;

the survey of inland craft, and the issue, suspension, cancellation or extension, and period of validity, of certificates or exemption certificates relating to such survey, and the types and forms of the certificates;

the measures and standards to be complied with where dangerous cargoes are conveyed, utilised, stowed or kept on board any inland craft while within any reservoir or waterway;

the safe operation and navigation of inland craft in reservoirs and waterways, their use of navigation lights and signals in the reservoirs and waterways, and the steps to be taken for avoiding collision;

the qualifications required for manning inland craft, including requiring officers and crew of inland craft to satisfy all or any of the following requirements:

to undergo any training that the Port Master may require;

to attain a certain standard of competence or a certain grade in a specified examination;

to obtain any specified licence, certificate or approval;

to provide that any contravention of or failure to comply with any regulations made under this section shall be an offence punishable with —

a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both; and

in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction;

to prescribe anything that may be prescribed under this Part.(2) The Authority may, in making regulations under subsection (1), incorporate by reference —

any regulation made by the Authority under section 119 or under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, with or without modification; or

any recognised international standard, code or guideline relating to the safety of operation and navigation of, the standards of construction of, the manning of, or the loading or carriage of goods (including dangerous goods) on, vessels or inland craft.(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), the Authority may incorporate by reference any standard, code or guideline mentioned in that provision —

either as in force on a particular date specified or as amended from time to time; and

with or without modification.(4) The Authority must cause all standards, codes or guidelines incorporated by it under subsection (2)(b) to be published on the Authority’s Internet website at https://www.mpa.gov.sg or any other prescribed website.”;

in sections 97A(6), 102(2) and 111(2)(b), replace “section 89C” with “section 89J”;

in section 103, in the section heading, replace “to Authority” with “into Consolidated Fund”;

in section 118A, in the section heading, replace “Schedule” with “and Fourth Schedules”;

in section 118A, after “Third”, insert “or Fourth”; and

after the Third Schedule, insert —“FOURTH SCHEDULESections 27(1A) and 118Amatters THE COST OF WHICH may be taken into account in prescribing fees under section 27(1A)