Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations
Regulation 4
Application for licence
Subregulation 1
An application for the grant or renewal of a general waste collector’s licence must, where the applicant employs any resident waste collection worker, be accompanied by a progressive wage plan that complies with the requirements in paragraph (3).
Subregulation 2
Every applicant must provide, in such form as the Director‑General may require —
the following particulars of the applicant:
the applicant’s full name;
the address of the applicant’s registered office or place of business;
the applicant’s telephone number and email address;
the following particulars of each worker employed by the applicant to carry out general waste collection, including any driver or crew member of a vehicle owned or used by the applicant for general waste collection:
the worker’s full name and nationality;
the worker’s identification number or work permit number;
the worker’s Workforce Skills Qualifications certificate number;
the following details of each vehicle owned or used by the applicant for the collection and transportation of general waste from a collection point to a disposal facility:
the vehicle registration number;
the type of waste that may be carried in the vehicle;
the following details of any equipment owned or used by the applicant for the purposes of general waste collection:
the total number of hook‑lift systems;
for each hook‑lift system, the inspection report issued by a workshop accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council;
the total number of compactors and open‑top containers;
for each compactor or open‑top container, the inspection report issued by a workshop accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council;
the address and telephone number of the yard or depot at which the vehicles and equipment mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (c) and (d) are kept;
the following information on the general waste to be collected:
the types and quantities of general waste;
the disposal facilities (including recycling facilities) to which the general waste will be transported; and
any other information that the Director‑General may require in any particular case.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the progressive wage plan must contain and be accompanied by all of the following information and documents in respect of every resident waste collection worker that the applicant employs who belongs to the class or a class of waste collection workers specified in the section 31DA Order (waste collection workers):
full name;
sex;
job title;
nationality;
whether the resident waste collection worker is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore;
identification number;
the date on which the employment of the resident waste collection worker by the applicant commenced;
whether the resident waste collection worker is engaged as a full-time employee, part-time employee or casual employee;
the aggregate number of hours that the resident waste collection worker is required to work per week under his contract of service with the applicant;
the baseline wage payable to the resident waste collection worker under his contract of service with the applicant;
the manner of calculating the overtime payment payable to the resident waste collection worker;
the amount of progressive wage model bonus that is payable to the resident waste collection worker, and the frequency at which the progressive wage model bonus is to be paid; (m)the training records of the resident waste collection worker, that set out the training courses that the resident waste collection worker has attended, and the frequency of such attendance; (n)a copy of every Workforce Skills Qualification certificate that is issued to the resident waste collection worker;
where the application is for a renewal of a general waste collector’s licence —
the amount of every progressive wage model bonus that was paid to the resident waste collection worker in the calendar year preceding the date on which the application is made and the date of such payment;
the number of hours that the resident waste collection worker has worked overtime in the month preceding the date on which the application is made, the total amount paid to the resident waste collection worker as overtime pay for work done in those hours and the rate at which the overtime pay is calculated; and
the amount of the baseline wage that was paid to the resident waste collection worker for the month preceding the date on which the application is made.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, “identification number” means —
in the case of an individual who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and who has been issued with an identity card under the National Registration Act 1965, his Singapore identity card number (including the letters that form the prefix and suffix to the identity card number); or
in the case of any other individual, the country that issued his passport followed by his passport number.