Regulation 2

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“air pollution” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999;“Central Provident Fund” means the fund that is established under section 6 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;“general waste” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations (Rg 12);“general waste disposal facility” means a disposal facility that receives, stores, sorts, treats or processes general waste;“licence” means a waste disposal licence granted by the Director‑General under section 23(1) of the Act and “licensee” is to be construed accordingly;“resident waste disposal worker” means a waste disposal worker who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore;“salary period”, in relation to a waste disposal worker, means a period of time, that is, one hour, one day, one week, one month or any other period, that may be stated or implied in the contract of service between the waste disposal worker and a licensee, in respect of which the waste disposal worker is entitled to be paid for working;“section 31DA Order (waste disposal workers)” means an order made by the Commissioner for Labour under section 31DA(1) of the Act in respect of waste disposal workers;“vector” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998.