Regulation 2
Replacement of regulation 5
of Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
In the Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations (Rg 12), replace regulation 5 with —“Validity period of licence
5. Every general waste collector’s licence granted or renewed on or after 1 August 2026 is, unless suspended or cancelled under section 99(15) of the Act, valid for a period of 5 years starting on the date the licence is granted or renewed, as the case may be.Fee for grant or renewal of licence5A.—
Subject to paragraph (2), a fee of $570 is payable for the grant or renewal on or after 1 August 2026 of a general waste collector’s licence.
Paragraph (1) does not apply to a licensee if, at the time the general waste collector’s licence is granted or renewed, the licensee holds a valid toxic industrial waste collector’s licence granted or renewed under the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations (Rg 11).”.