Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Prevention of International Spread of Infectious Diseases
36. Discharge of waste or matter
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The Director-General of Public Health or a Port Health Officer may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of any vessel from which any human waste, solid or liquid waste or any matter that the Director-General of Public Health or that Port Health Officer considers to be contaminated has been discharged, to —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
remove or clean up that waste or contaminated matter; or
carry out any additional measures that the Director-General of Public Health or that Port Health Officer may consider necessary,in the manner and within the time specified in the notice.
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any written notice under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.