Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5A · Environmental Public Health Requirements for Controlled Works
46A. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part —“amended plans” means plans showing any deviation from, or any amendment or addition to, any plans of controlled works certified by the Director-General in a clearance certificate;“building” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989;“building works” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989;“clearance certificate” means a certificate described in section 46C(1) and issued under section 46E(2)(a), and includes such certificate issued under section 46E(2)(a) as applied by section 46G;“compliance certificate” means a certificate described in section 46I(1) and issued under section 46I(3)(a);“controlled facility” means any of the following:
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
an aerosol generating system;
an aquatic facility;
aquatic facility
“aquatic facility” means any pool, device or facility used or intended to be used for any recreational or therapeutic activity in, on or involving the use of water;
a disposal facility;
disposal facility
“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;
a pneumatic waste conveyance system as defined in section 31E;
pneumatic waste conveyance system
“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;
a toilet within any publicly accessible premises;
toilet
“toilet” means a facility for urinating and defecating which is water flushed, and which connects, directly or otherwise, with a private sewage disposal system or with the public sewage disposal system;
any other equipment or facility prescribed in regulations made under section 111;“controlled works” means any building works, or works involving the provision, extension or alteration of any controlled facility;“design certificate” means a certificate described in section 46F(1) and issued under section 46F(3)(a);“developer”, in relation to any controlled works, means the person for whom or on whose behalf the controlled works are carried out;“environmental public health requirements” means the requirements set out in regulations made under section 111 and any prescribed codes of practice relating to the prevention, reduction or control of the spread of any infectious disease in or from, or the reduction or removal of any risk of conditions injurious or dangerous to public health being created in, any completed buildings or controlled facilities;“foundation” means that part of a building which is below or in direct contact with the ground, and through which the weight of the building and the loads acting on the building are transmitted to the ground, and includes any footing, raft or pile of the building;“plans”, in relation to any controlled works —
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
includes drawings, details, diagrams, digital representations generated from building information modelling, structural details and calculations showing or relating to the works; and
if prepared in electronic form, includes the medium in which the plans of the works have been stored;“registered inspector” means a person whose name is registered under section 46O(1);“site formation works” means any kind of site formation and includes earthworks for site stabilisation, the construction of foundations, basements, sub-structures, piling, underpinning, ground anchors, trenches or any other kind of ground works;“temporary compliance certificate” means a certificate issued under section 46J(1).
“amended plans” means plans showing any deviation from, or any amendment or addition to, any plans of controlled works certified by the Director-General in a clearance certificate;
“building” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989;
“building works” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989;
“clearance certificate” means a certificate described in section 46C(1) and issued under section 46E(2)(a), and includes such certificate issued under section 46E(2)(a) as applied by section 46G;
“compliance certificate” means a certificate described in section 46I(1) and issued under section 46I(3)(a);
“controlled facility” means any of the following:
an aerosol generating system;
an aquatic facility;
a disposal facility;
a pneumatic waste conveyance system as defined in section 31E;
a toilet within any publicly accessible premises;
publicly accessible premises
“publicly accessible premises” means any premises to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of any express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee and whether or not access to the premises may be restricted at particular times or for particular purposes, and includes any part of those premises, and “publicly accessible” is to be construed accordingly;
any other equipment or facility prescribed in regulations made under section 111;
“controlled works” means any building works, or works involving the provision, extension or alteration of any controlled facility;
“design certificate” means a certificate described in section 46F(1) and issued under section 46F(3)(a);
“developer”, in relation to any controlled works, means the person for whom or on whose behalf the controlled works are carried out;
“environmental public health requirements” means the requirements set out in regulations made under section 111 and any prescribed codes of practice relating to the prevention, reduction or control of the spread of any infectious disease in or from, or the reduction or removal of any risk of conditions injurious or dangerous to public health being created in, any completed buildings or controlled facilities;
“foundation” means that part of a building which is below or in direct contact with the ground, and through which the weight of the building and the loads acting on the building are transmitted to the ground, and includes any footing, raft or pile of the building;
“plans”, in relation to any controlled works —
includes drawings, details, diagrams, digital representations generated from building information modelling, structural details and calculations showing or relating to the works; and
if prepared in electronic form, includes the medium in which the plans of the works have been stored;
“registered inspector” means a person whose name is registered under section 46O(1);
“site formation works” means any kind of site formation and includes earthworks for site stabilisation, the construction of foundations, basements, sub-structures, piling, underpinning, ground anchors, trenches or any other kind of ground works;
“temporary compliance certificate” means a certificate issued under section 46J(1).