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Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Public Cleansing

11. Maintenance of refuse equipment or facility in buildings

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

The owner of a building or part of a building served by any refuse equipment or facility is responsible for the maintenance, repair or replacement of the refuse equipment or facility.

(2)

The Director-General may, by written notice, require the owner of a building or part of a building served by any refuse equipment or facility to —

(a)

maintain, repair or replace the refuse equipment or facility; or

(b)

make any modification to the refuse equipment or facility that the Director-General considers necessary for the protection of the environment or environmental public health.

(3)

In this section —

“refuse equipment or facility” means any of the following:

(a)

a refuse or waste chute;

(b)

a refuse or waste chute chamber;

(c)

a refuse or waste chute hopper;

(d)

a refuse or waste lift that is wholly or partly used for the conveyance of refuse or waste;

(e)

a standalone pneumatic waste conveyance system;

“standalone pneumatic waste conveyance system” —

(a)

means an automated waste collection system that —

(i)

conveys or transports refuse or waste by air suction through a network of pipes to the refuse bin centre;

(ii)

consists of the following that are used for, or for purposes connected with, conveying or transporting refuse or waste by air suction to the refuse bin centre:

(A)

all air and ventilation networks;

(B)

all valves, cables, pipes, regulators, apparatus, equipment, plants, stations, sensors and receptacles for the temporary storage of refuse or waste; and

(iii)

is not located in a DPWCS area declared under section 31G(1); and

(b)

excludes any disposal facility.

Terms defined in this Act

air and ventilation networks
Defined · s 31E
“air and ventilation networks” means —(a)all air and ventilation transmission pipelines or interconnected transmission pipelines; and(b)other devices and equipment (including pressure regulating and control valves),used or intended for, or for purposes connected with, conveying or transporting refuse or waste by air suction;
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building
Defined · s 2
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
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Director-General
Defined · s 2
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
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disposal facility
Defined · s 2
“disposal facility” includes a recycling facility, a refuse disposal ground, any place used for the deposit of refuse or waste, an incinerator or any plant, machinery or apparatus used for the processing or treatment of refuse or waste;
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DPWCS area
Defined · s 31E
“DPWCS area” means an area declared under section 31G(1);
Open s 31E
pneumatic waste conveyance system
Defined · s 31E
“pneumatic waste conveyance system” means an automated waste collection system that conveys or transports refuse or waste by air suction from individual premises through a network of pipes to a central location for collection and that consists of —(a)air and ventilation networks;(b)refuse pipeline networks; and(c)related internal assets,but does not include any disposal facility;
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waste
Defined · s 2
“waste” includes —(a)any substance which constitutes a scrap material or an effluent or other unwanted surplus substance arising from the application of any process; and(b)any substance or article which requires to be disposed of as being broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled,and anything which is discarded or otherwise dealt with as if it were waste is presumed to be waste unless the contrary is proved;
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