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THE STATUTES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL ACT (CHAPTER 94A) Act 9 of 1999 REVISED EDITION 2000 (30th December 2000) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation PART II ADMINISTRATION 3. Appointment of Director and Deputy and Assistant Directors 4. Delegation of Director’s functions, duties and powers 5. Protection from personal liability PART III USE OF SCHEDULED PREMISES 6. Licence for use of scheduled premises 7. Power of Director to attach conditions to licence 8. Permit for certain works on scheduled premises 9. Change of owner or occupier PART IV AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 10. Occupier to maintain and operate air pollution control equipment 11. Prohibition of dark smoke from chimney 12. Control of air impurities 13. Power of Director to require work on any premises 14. Power to prohibit use of combustible materials, fuel burning equipment or industrial plants in designated areas PART V WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 15. Licence for the discharge of trade effluent, oil, chemical, sewage or other polluting matters 16. Plant for treatment of trade effluent 17. Penalties for discharging toxic substances into inland waters 18. Power of Director to require the removal and cleaning up of toxic substance or trade effluent, oil, chemical, sewage, hazardous substance or other polluting matters 19. Power of Director to require measures to be taken to prevent water pollution due to storage or transportation of toxic substances or any other polluting matters PART VI LAND POLLUTION CONTROL 20. Pollution of land PART VII HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTROL 21. Application of this Part to hazardous substances 22. General prohibition with respect to importation and sale of hazardous substances Appendix 1 23. Prohibitions and regulations with respect to sale of hazardous substances 24. Storage, use and dealing of hazardous substances 25. Power of Director to require removal of hazardous substances form premises 26.