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

62B. Environmental sanitation programme for specified premises

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Last amended by an amending law of 2020.

(1)

The Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer for any specified premises must, in accordance with the applicable codes of practice and standards of performance and any regulations made under section 111 —

(a)

develop an environmental sanitation programme for the specified premises;

(b)

where the Director-General requires the environmental sanitation programme to be amended, amend that environmental sanitation programme in the manner directed by the Director‑General in writing;

(c)

review and update the environmental sanitation programme in the manner required by the applicable codes of practice or standards of performance;

(d)

submit the developed, amended or updated (as the case may be) environmental sanitation programme to the manager of the specified premises;

(e)

monitor the implementation of the developed, amended or updated (as the case may be) environmental sanitation programme;

(f)

identify and notify the manager of any default in the implementation of the environmental sanitation programme; and

(g)

recommend remedial measures to address any default in the implementation of the environmental sanitation programme.

(2)

The manager of the specified premises must, in accordance with any regulations made under section 111 —

(a)

endorse and submit to the Director-General the environmental sanitation programme mentioned in subsection (1)(d) (or, where section 62A(4) applies, the environmental sanitation programme developed, amended or updated (as the case may be) by the manager in the manager’s capacity as the Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer for the specified premises);

(b)

implement that environmental sanitation programme upon endorsing it; and

(c)

implement any remedial measures recommended under subsection (1)(g).

(3)

Any manager that contravenes subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(4)

In this section, “implement”, in relation to an environmental sanitation programme or remedial measures, includes the carrying out of activities and measures specified in the environmental sanitation programme or remedial measures (as the case may be), and “implementation” is to be construed accordingly.