Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Environmental Public Health (Specified Construction Sites) Regulations 2021
Regulation 4
Replacement of Environmental Control Officer
Subregulation 1
If the appointment of the Environmental Control Officer for any specified construction site is terminated, or the registration of the Environmental Control Officer for any specified construction site is suspended or cancelled under section 61A(3) of the Act, the occupier of the specified construction site must, within the applicable period mentioned in paragraph (2), or such longer period as the Director‑General may allow in any particular case —
appoint another registered Environmental Control Officer (who is authorised under his or her registration to act for specified construction sites) as the new Environmental Control Officer for the specified construction site; and
endorse and submit to the Director‑General, in accordance with regulation 3(2), the site environmental control programme for the specified construction site that is updated with the particulars of the new registered Environmental Control Officer appointed under sub‑paragraph (a).
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable period for any specified construction site is —
where the appointment of the Environmental Control Officer for the specified construction site is terminated — 14 days after the termination of the appointment; or
where the registration of the Environmental Control Officer for the specified construction site is suspended or cancelled under section 61A(3) of the Act — 14 days after the suspension or cancellation (as the case may be) of the registration.
Subregulation 3
A person that contravenes paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.