Singapore legislation

Regulation 40BB

of Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations

Regulation 40BB

Submission of information and documents by specified consumer

Amended byS 112/2019 wef 01/03/2019

Subregulation 1

Where regulation 40BA(2) or (3) applies, the specified consumer mentioned in those paragraphs must submit to the Board, in accordance with paragraph (6), the information and documents mentioned in that paragraph for the site or sites (as the case may be), if —

(a)

the consumer was not, for year T – 1, a qualifying consumer for the site or sites; or

(b)

the consumer supplied water in year T – 1 to another person at the site or at any of the sites.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) does not apply if, before 1 April of year T, the consumer ceases the business activity at the site or all the sites in respect of which the consumer is a specified consumer.

Subregulation 3

Where regulation 40BA(4) applies, all the specified consumers mentioned in that paragraph must appoint, for year T, one from among them as the appointed specified consumer to submit to the Board on their behalf the information and documents required of them under paragraph (4).

Subregulation 4

The specified consumers mentioned in regulation 40BA(4) must each submit to the Board, through the appointed specified consumer and in accordance with paragraph (6), the information and documents mentioned in that paragraph for the site, if —

(a)

any one of the consumers was not a qualifying consumer in year T – 1; or (b)any one of the consumers supplied water in the year T – 1 to another person at the site.

Subregulation 5

Paragraph (4) does not apply if, before 1 April of year T, all the consumers cease the business activity at the site in respect of which the consumers are specified consumers for year T.

Subregulation 6

The information and documents mentioned in paragraph (1) or (4) must —

(a)

be submitted to the Board —

(i)

before 1 April of year T (or such later date as the Board may allow in any particular case);

(ii)

through the Board’s website at https://www.pub.gov.sg; and

(iii)

in the form specified by the Board; and

(b)

comprise the following:

(i)

the bills and other records (if any) showing the volume of each type of water supplied to the specified consumer at the site or sites in question for year T – 1 (whether or not the water was supplied by the Board);

(ii)

if applicable, for water supplied by the specified consumer to another person at the site or sites in question —

(A)

the particulars of the other person; and

(B)

the volume of each type of water supplied to the other person; (iii)such other information or documents required by the Board relating to the water used at the site or sites in question;

(iv)

such particulars (including contact details and a business profile) relating to the specified consumer and site or sites in question, as may be specified in the form;

(v)

a signed statement from the chief executive of the specified consumer in question, that the information and documents submitted are accurate and complete.

Subregulation 7

Amended byS 112/2019 wef 01/03/2019

A consumer that, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1), (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence.