Clause 1
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Act 2008 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 18 2008, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2008.
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Act 2008 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Environmental Public Health Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public waste collector licensee”, the following definition:“ “recyclable” means such refuse, waste or other material or thing as may be prescribed by the Agency, with the approval of the Minister, to be capable of being recycled or reused;”.
Amendment of section 10
Section 10(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act is amended —
by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a); and
by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)receptacles which shall conform to such specifications as the Director-General may require, to be placed in appropriate locations within the premises of the owner or occupier as the Director-General thinks fit for the deposit of recyclables.”.