Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the definition of “Board” and substituting the following definition:“ “Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261);”;
by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) of the definition of “public sewerage system”;
by inserting, at the end of paragraph (d) of the definition of “public sewerage system”, the word “and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)sewerage systems owned or managed by the Board;”;
by deleting the words “section 6(3) or 9(1)(b)” in the definition of “qualified person” and substituting the words “section 8 or 11”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “qualified person”, the following definition:“ “reclaimed water” means treated water which has been recovered from a public sewerage system;”;
by deleting the words “and other appliances which connect, directly or otherwise, to a private sewage treatment plant or a public sewerage system” in the definition of “sanitary appliances” and substituting the words “, bidets and other similar fixtures”; and
by deleting the definition of “sewerage system” and substituting the following definition:“ “sewerage system” means a system of sewers, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, sewage treatment works and water reclamation facilities for one or both of the following purposes:
the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage;
the recovery and treatment of water which is supplied to the Board or by the Board,and includes any main or pipe carrying reclaimed water or sewage, outfall pipe, sanitary pipe, drain-line, grease trap, cesspit, holding tank for the temporary holding of sewage, septic tank, privy, and any part thereof;”.