Singapore legislation

Section 31J

of Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Section 31J

No collection of waste or waste through DPWCS, etc., without licence

Amended by48/201848/201848/2018

(1)

A person must not —

(a)

establish, operate or maintain; or

(b)

convey or transport refuse or waste through,any DPWCS without a DPWCS licence.

Amended by48/2018

(2)

Without limiting section 99 —

(a)

a DPWCS licence may be granted following a public tender or in any other manner that the Director‑General thinks fit;

(b)

the Director‑General may require any DPWCS licensee to render a payment on the grant of a DPWCS licence 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; and

(c)

the conditions attached to a DPWCS licence may include —

(i)

a condition requiring the DPWCS licensee to connect, at its own cost, any premises or part thereof within the DPWCS area covered by its DPWCS licence to the DPWCS in accordance with any specifications that the Director‑General may specify;

(ii)

a condition requiring the DPWCS licensee to comply with any code of practice, standard of service and level of performance that the Director‑General may specify;

(iii)

a condition requiring the DPWCS licensee to enter into interconnection or sharing agreements in respect of any infrastructure and facilities relating to the DPWCS upon any terms and conditions that the Director‑General may consider necessary; and

(iv)

the right of the Director‑General in the public interest to make modifications to any condition of the DPWCS licence or add new conditions during the period to which the licence relates.

Amended by48/2018

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Amended by48/2018
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