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Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Insanitary Premises, Sanitary Conveniences, General Health Requirements for Buildings

52. Insufficient and defective sanitary conveniences

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(1)

If it appears to the Director‑General that —

(a)

any building or part of the building is without sufficient sanitary conveniences; or

(b)

any sanitary conveniences provided for or in connection with a building or part of the building are in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance and cannot without reconstruction be put into a satisfactory condition,the Director‑General must, by written notice to the owner of the building, require the owner to provide the building or any part of the building with any sanitary conveniences that may be necessary for the use of persons using the building.

(2)

The Director‑General may, in his or her discretion, by written notice to the owner of any building or part of the building, require the owner to re-site any toilet attached thereto.

Terms defined in this Act

building
Defined · s 2
“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;
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Director-General
Defined · s 2
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
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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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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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sanitary conveniences
Defined · s 2
“sanitary conveniences” includes latrines, toilets, urinals and water closets;
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toilet
Defined · s 2
“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;
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