Environment Protection (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2021

LEGAL SUPPLEMENT 1727 to the Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 80 of 12 June 2021 Government Notice No. 127 of 2021 THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT Regulations made by the Minister under section 96(2)(a) of the Environment Protection Act 1. These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2021. 2. In these regulations – “Act” means the Environment Protection Act. 3. The Ninth Schedule to the Act is amended by deleting items 1 and 2 and their corresponding entries and replacing them by the following items and their corresponding entries – 1. Depositing or dumping, or causing or allowing to be deposited or dumped, any household or commercial waste, vehicles wreck, excavation or builder’s rubble, construction debris, household furniture, animal carcass, medical waste, agricultural or green waste or any other material, whether liquid or solid, in the nature, in any public place, canal, drain, lake, river, rivulet, reservoir, stream or watercourse, or upon the bank of any lake, river, rivulet, reservoir, stream or watercourse, or on any street, pavement, road, road reserve, bare land, State land, mountain, vacant premises, forest, forest reserves, beach or public beach 25,000 Offences Fine (Rs) 1728 Government Notices 2021 2. Littering or causing any litter to be dropped, thrown, discarded or leaving behind any odds and ends, bits of paper, wrappings, nappies, beverage containers, remains of fruit and any such other matter – (a) in the nature, public park or public garden, canal, drain, lake, river, rivulet, reservoir, stream or watercourse, or upon the bank of any lake, river, rivulet, reservoir, stream or watercourse, mountain, forest, forest reserves, islets, beach or public beach, lagoon, or any part of the sea (b) on any street, vacant premises, pavement, road, road reserve, bare land, State land, or any other public place 5,000 3,000 4. These regulations shall come into operation on 12 June 2021. Made by the Minister on 11 June 2021.