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Environmental Protection and Management (Trade Effluent) Regulations (No. S 160/1999).

Country/Territory
Singapore
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Authorization/permit Pollution control Offences/penalties Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on 1 April 1999.
Abstract

These Regulations prescribe provisions on trade effluent discharge. A licence shall be granted by the Director-General to discharge trade effluent into any watercourse or land (reg. 3). All trade effluents shall be treated before discharged into any watercourse or land and control mechanisms shall be installed. The Director-General may require to submit particulars of trade effluent discharge as listed in regulation 7. The trade effluent discharged into any watercourse or land shall be of the nature or type approved by the Director-General and shall not contain any of the substances listed in regulation 9. Regulation 10 lists the maximum concentrations of certain substances. The remaining part of these Regulations contain penal provisions and provisions of miscellaneous nature.

Full text
English
Website
statutes.agc.gov.sg

References - Legislation

Implements

Environmental Protection and Management Act (Chapter 94A).

Legislation | Singapore | 1999 (2023)

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Source: FAO, FAOLEX