Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Insanitary Premises, Sanitary Conveniences, General Health Requirements for Buildings
60. Publicly accessible premises to be kept clean, etc.
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The manager of any publicly accessible premises must —
manager
“manager”, in relation to any premises, means the occupier of the premises, and where there is no occupier, the owner of the premises;
regularly clean, and keep clean and in good repair, the premises;
keep the premises free of conditions that may endanger the lives or health of the manager’s employees or other users of the premises; and
where the premises are specified premises, comply with the additional requirements relating to specified premises under this Act.
Where, in the opinion of the Director‑General, the manager of any publicly accessible premises fails to comply with subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), the Director‑General may, by written notice, require the manager within such period as may be specified in the notice to take any steps that the Director-General may think fit.
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;
In the case of any publicly accessible premises that are air‑conditioned, the Director‑General may, by written notice —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
prescribe temperature and humidity controls for the air‑conditioned premises; and
require the manager of the premises —
to install automatic devices for recording the temperature and humidity level in the premises; and
to keep such records and charts of the temperature and humidity level in such premises as the Director‑General may direct for the inspection of the Director‑General.