Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Public Cleansing
15. Prohibition of cultivation or use of manure or irrigation which is nuisance
Feedback & supportIf at any time it appears to the Director‑General that the method of cultivation of any description of crop or the use or storing or method of preparing or dealing with any kind of manure (including prawn dust, prawn shell, chicken droppings and stable refuse) or the irrigation of land in any specific manner in any premises or area is a nuisance, the Director‑General may —
stable refuse
“stable refuse” means the dung or urine of birds, poultry or animals and the sweepings or refuse or drainage from any stables or cattle sheds or places for keeping animals, birds or poultry;
prohibit the method of cultivation or the use or storing or method of preparing or dealing with the manure or the manner of irrigation within the premises or area; or
premises
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;
regulate any of the matters referred to in paragraph (a) by imposing any conditions thereon that the Director‑General may think necessary for the prevention of the nuisance.
nuisance
“nuisance” means any act, omission or thing occasioning or likely to occasion injury, annoyance, offence, harm, danger or damage to the sense of sight, smell or hearing, or which is or is likely to be injurious or dangerous to health or property;