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

54. Sanitary conveniences in work premises or work place

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(1)

Any premises which are used as work premises or work place must be provided —

(a)

with adequate sanitary conveniences sited at any locations that the Director‑General may think fit, having regard to the number of persons employed in, or in attendance at, the work premises or work place; and

(b)

where persons of both sexes are employed or in attendance, with adequate separate sanitary conveniences for persons of each sex, unless the Director‑General is satisfied that in the circumstances of any particular case the provision of those separate sanitary conveniences is unnecessary.

(2)

If it appears to the Director‑General that subsection (1) has not been complied with in the case of any work premises or work place, he or she must, by written notice, require the owner or the occupier of the work premises or work place (as the case may be) to —

(a)

make such alterations in the existing sanitary conveniences; and

(b)

provide such additional sanitary conveniences as may be necessary.

Terms defined in this Act

Director-General
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“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
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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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premises
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“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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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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work place
Defined · s 2
“work place” means any premises or place used for any industrial, trade, commercial or manufacturing purposes and includes all construction sites, work sites and farms.
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