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Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Waste Management

22. Provision of public disposal facilities

(1)

The Director-General may —

(a)

provide, acquire, construct and maintain any disposal facility (called in this Act a public disposal facility) for the deposit, disposal and treatment of refuse or waste as he or she may consider necessary; and

(b)

make available the facility to any person upon payment of any fees or charges as may be prescribed.

(2)

The Director-General may —

(a)

refuse to accept any refuse or waste brought to any public disposal facility without giving any reason; or

(b)

accept refuse or waste of any description or kind upon any terms and conditions that he or she may consider necessary.

Terms defined in this Act

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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provide
Defined · s 78
“provide”, in relation to water suitable for drinking, means to convey, distribute, produce, supply, offer to provide or otherwise make available, in the course of business and whether or not carried on for profit, the water —(a)to the public, or a section of the public, at a public place, any common area of any residential premises, or any other place, premises or area; and(b)by using any reticulation system, storage tank, container, hose, water fitting, generator, tanker, truck or any other system, facility, equipment or vehicle,but does not include —(c)any sale of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Sale of Food Act 1973;(d)any supply to a vessel of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;(e)any provision to a Singapore ship of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;(f)any provision of water suitable for drinking solely to the Public Utilities Board; and(g)any other provision of water prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for food safety by order in the Gazette, as not being the provision of water suitable for drinking;
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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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