Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Insanitary Premises, Sanitary Conveniences, General Health Requirements for Buildings
62D. Monitoring powers for purposes of sections 62A, 62B and 62C
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The Director-General or an authorised officer appointed under section 3(2) may, by written notice —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
inspect any specified premises, for the purposes of administering or enforcing section 62A or 62B or ascertaining whether that section has been complied with; or
inspect any premises or public service vehicle in respect of which a directive is given under section 62C(1), for the purpose of ascertaining whether the directive has been complied with.
The Director-General or an authorised officer appointed under section 3(2) may also, by written notice, require the Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer for any specified premises to provide, within a reasonable period, and in the form and manner specified in the notice, all documents and information which —
relate to any matter which the Director‑General or authorised officer considers necessary for the purposes of administering or enforcing section 62A or 62B or ascertaining whether that section has been complied with; and
are —
within the knowledge of the Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer; or
in the custody or under the control of the Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer.
The power to require an Environmental Control Coordinator or an Environmental Control Officer to provide any document or information under subsection (2) includes the power —
provide
“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;
to require the Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer to provide an explanation of the document or information;
if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available in legible form to the Director‑General or an authorised officer appointed under section 3(2); and
if the document or information is not provided, to require the Environmental Control Coordinator or Environmental Control Officer to state, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, where it is and how it may be obtained.
The Director-General or an authorised officer appointed under section 3(2) is entitled without payment to make and retain copies of any document or information provided to the Director‑General or authorised officer under subsection (2).
Any individual who, without reasonable excuse, fails to do anything required of the individual by a notice under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
For the purposes of subsection (5), it is a reasonable excuse for an individual to refuse or fail to provide any document or information which the individual is required by a notice under subsection (2) to provide if doing so might tend to incriminate that individual.