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Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Air Pollution Control

13. Power of Director-General to require work on any premises

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2011.

(1)

Where, in the opinion of the Director‑General, any air impurities are being or are likely to be emitted from any industrial or trade premises, the Director‑General may by written notice require the owner or occupier of the premises —

(a)

to install and operate any industrial plant, air pollution control equipment or additional air pollution control equipment, in or on the premises;

(b)

to repair, alter or replace any industrial plant, fuel burning equipment or air pollution control equipment installed in or on the premises;

(c)

to erect or alter the height or dimension of any chimney through which air impurities may be discharged from the premises;

(d)

to alter or cease the method of operation or process used in or on the premises to prevent, cease or reduce air pollution;

(e)

to use a specified type of fuel to prevent or reduce air pollution;

(f)

to dismantle or disconnect any industrial plant, fuel burning equipment, air pollution control equipment or chimney installed in or on the premises; or

(g)

to install and operate such instruments and carry out such tests and keep records thereof,within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the notice.

(2)

The owner or occupier of any industrial or trade premises to whom a written notice is given under this section must comply with all the requirements set out in the notice.

Terms defined in s 2

air impurities
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“air impurities” includes smoke, cinders, solid particles of any kind, gases, fumes, mists, odours and radioactive substances;
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air pollution
Defined · s 2
“air pollution” means the emission into the air of any air impurity;
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air pollution control equipment
Defined · s 2
“air pollution control equipment” includes —(a)any apparatus for separating any air impurities from the gas or liquid medium in which they are carried;(b)any automatic device used for securing the more efficient operation of any fuel burning equipment;(c)any device to indicate or record air pollution or give warning of excessive air pollution; and(d)any other device used for the purposes of preventing or limiting air pollution;
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chimney
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“chimney” includes a structure or opening of any kind from or through which air impurities may be emitted, and any reference to a chimney of or used in connection with any premises includes a reference to a chimney which serves the whole or a part of the premises though structurally separate from the premises;
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Director-General
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“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);
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fuel burning equipment
Defined · s 2
“fuel burning equipment” means any furnace, boiler, fire place, oven, retort, incinerator, internal combustion engine, vessel or chimney, or any other apparatus, device, mechanism or structure used or to be used in connection with the burning of any combustible material in, or in relation to, any industrial plant;
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industrial or trade premises
Defined · s 2
“industrial or trade premises” means premises used for any industrial or trade purposes or premises on which matter is burnt in connection with any industrial or trade process, and includes all scheduled premises and construction sites;
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industrial plant
Defined · s 2
“industrial plant” means any plant or equipment used for the generation of power, or for any industrial use, or for the operation of vessels, aircraft, locomotives, cranes, internal combustion engines or other machines using any combustible material for their operation;
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premises
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“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained under statutory authority or not;
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process
Defined · s 2
“process” means any activity carried on in Singapore, whether on premises or by way of a plant which is designed to move or to be moved whether on roads or otherwise, which are capable of causing pollution to the environment;
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