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Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3B · District Pneumatic Waste Conveyance System

31N. Tariff

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

The owner or occupier of any premises within a DPWCS area which is connected to the DPWCS for that DPWCS area must pay to the DPWCS licensee a tariff for, or in respect of, operating or maintaining the DPWCS.

(2)

The tariff mentioned in subsection (1) —

(a)

is of such amount; and

(b)

is payable at such time or times,as the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, by order in the Gazette, prescribe.

(3)

For the purpose of determining the amount of the tariff under subsection (2)(a), the following factors may be taken into consideration:

(a)

the amount of refuse conveyed from the premises;

(b)

the cost of storage of the refuse conveyed from the premises;

(c)

the cost of operating, maintaining and replacing the air and ventilation networks and refuse pipeline networks of the DPWCS;

(d)

the cost of treatment of exhaust air generated by the pneumatic waste conveyance system to minimise any environmental nuisance.

(4)

For the purposes of subsection (2), the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe different amounts of tariffs and different times of payment for persons differently situated, including different amounts of tariff for premises with different gross floor areas and generating different amounts of refuse.

(5)

Where the premises mentioned in subsection (1) are comprised in a strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, a reference to the owner or occupier of the premises is deemed to refer to the management corporation constituted under that strata title plan under that Act.

Terms defined in this Act

Agency
Defined · s 2
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
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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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DPWCS
Defined · s 31E
“District Pneumatic Waste Conveyance System” or “DPWCS” means a pneumatic waste conveyance system that is established, or required to be established, for a DPWCS area;
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DPWCS area
Defined · s 31E
“DPWCS area” means an area declared under section 31G(1);
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DPWCS licensee
Defined · s 31E
“DPWCS licensee” means a person to whom a DPWCS licence is granted under this Act;
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nuisance
Defined · s 2
“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;
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occupier
Defined · s 2
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on that person’s own account or as agent of another person; and, in relation to any part of any premises, different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
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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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premises
Defined · s 2
“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;
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