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Appendix I - Major Environmental Laws in Singapore

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2015

Maria Francesch-Huidobro
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Pollution Control and Environmental Health

• Environmental (Public Health) Act, Chapter 95 (relating t• public health in general)

  1. • Environmental Public Health (Markets) Regulations 1969

  2. • Environmental Public Health (Hawkers) Regulations

  3. • Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970

  4. • Environmental Public Health (Food Handlers) Regulations

  5. • Environmental Public Health (Funeral Parlours) Regulations

  6. • Environmental Public Health (Crematoria) Regulations

  7. • Environmental Public Health (Food Establishment) Regulations

  8. • Environmental Public Health (Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream) Regulations

  9. • Environmental Public Health (Swimming Pools) Regulations

  10. • Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations 1988

  11. • Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations

  12. • Environmental Public Health (Notice to Attend Court) Regulations

  13. • Environmental Public Health (Control of Noise from Construction Sites) Regulations

  14. • Environmental Public Health (Corrective Work Order) Regulations

  15. • Environmental Public Health (Composition of Offences) Rules

  16. • Environmental Public Health (Boundary Noise Limits for Factory Premises) Regulations

• Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act, Chapter 348 (water pollution, sewerage, drainage matters)

  1. • Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Systems Regulations 1976

  2. • Surface Water Drainage Regulations 1976

  3. • Trade Effluent Regulations 1976

  4. • Sewage Treatment Plants Regulations 1976

• Clean Air Act, Chapter 45 (air quality)

  1. • Clean Air (Standards) Regulations 1972, as amended 1978

  2. • Clean Air (Prohibition on the Use of Open Fires) Order 1973

• Factories Act, Chapter 104 (regulation of factories and working conditions within)

  1. • Factories (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations

  2. • Factories (Asbestos) Regulations 1980

  3. • Factories (Permissible Exposure Levels of Toxic Substances) Order 1996

  4. • Factories (Medical Examinations) Regulations

  5. • Factories (Noise) Regulations

• Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act, Chapter 132 (handling of hydrogen cyanide)

  1. • Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Regulations

• Petroleum Act, Chapter 229 (handling, transport and storage of petroleum)

  1. • Petroleum (Transport and Storage) Rules

  2. • Petroleum (Storage Licence Fees) Rules

  3. • Petroleum (Transport by Land — Fees) Rules

• Road Traffic Act, Chapter 276 (vehicular pollution and traffic congestion)

  1. • Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules

  2. • Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles) (Construction and Use) Rules

  3. • Road Traffic (Restricted Zone and Area Licences) Rules

  4. • Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules

  5. • Road Traffic (Composition of Offences) Rules

• Sand and Granite Quarries Act, Chapter 284

  1. • Sand and Granite Quarries Regulations

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Governance, Politics and the Environment
A Singapore Study
 , pp. 307 - 311
Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
Print publication year: 2008

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