Singapore legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Licensing of persons carrying on business of collecting, removing, etc., of refuse or waste
(1)
A person must not carry on the business of collecting, removing, transporting, storing or importing refuse or waste of any description without a waste collector licence granted by the Director‑General under this section.
(2)
The Director‑General may grant a licence authorising any person to carry on the business of collecting, removing, transporting, storing or importing refuse or waste of any description.
(3)
The Director‑General may designate any person who has been granted a licence under this section as a public waste collector licensee.
(4)
A licence may be granted under this section following a public tender or in any other manner that the Director‑General thinks fit.
(5)
Except as otherwise prescribed under section 99(9), the Director‑General may require any licensee to render a payment on the grant of a licence under this section or such periodic payments during the currency of the licence or both of such amount or amounts as the Director‑General may determine by or under the licence.
(6)
Without limiting section 99(1), conditions attached to a licence granted under this section may include —
a condition requiring the licensee to comply with such standard of service and level of performance as the Director‑General may specify;
a condition restricting, in a manner specified in the licence, the provision by the licensee of the service of collecting and removing refuse or waste to premises which are of a class or description so specified and to the area so specified;
the right of the Director‑General in the public interest to make modifications to any condition of the licence or add new conditions during the period to which the licence relates; and
a condition regulating the charge to be levied by the licensee for the provision of the service of collecting and removing refuse or waste.
(7)
Any person who collects or transports refuse or waste of any description must ensure that the refuse or waste or liquid from the refuse or waste is not dropped, scattered or spilled onto any public place.
(8)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.