Singapore legislation
Regulation 18
of Food Safety and Security (Non-Packaged Drinking Water) Regulations 2025
Regulation 18
Record keeping requirement
Subregulation 1
Every WQMP water provider who provides a drinking water service must keep and maintain, in such form as the Agency may require, and for as long as required under this regulation, complete and accurate records of —
every drinking water quality management plan relating to the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service as approved by the Agency under these Regulations;
the result of every test and analysis undertaken by the WQMP water provider in accordance with the monitoring program under regulation 11; and
every remedial measure and other action taken by the WQMP water provider in accordance with the incident identification and notification protocol under regulation 12.
Subregulation 2
The period that a WQMP water provider must keep and retain a record mentioned in paragraph (1) is as follows:
for records relating to a drinking water quality management plan relating to the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service —
in the case of the last approved drinking water quality management plan — at least 5 years after the date the WQMP water provider stops providing the drinking water service; or
in the case of a superseded drinking water quality management plan under regulation 16 or 17 — at least 5 years after the Agency approves or agrees to the amendment resulting in the superseding;
for records relating to the monitoring program relating to the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service —
in the case of a monitoring program in the last approved drinking water quality management plan — at least 10 years after the date the WQMP water provider stops providing the drinking water service; or
in the case of a superseded monitoring program under regulation 16 or 17 — at least 5 years after the Agency approves or agrees to the amendment resulting in the superseding;
for records of any report relating to a test and analysis of a chemical parameter in accordance with the monitoring program under regulation 11 — for at least 10 years after the date of the report;
for records of any report relating to a test and analysis of a non‑chemical parameter in accordance with the monitoring program under regulation 11 — for at least 5 years after the date of the report;
for records of any remedial measure or other action taken by the WQMP water provider in accordance with the incident identification and notification protocol under regulation 12 — for at least 5 years after the date the remedial measure or action was taken.
Subregulation 3
A person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000.
Subregulation 4
Strict liability applies to the offence in paragraph (3).