Environmental Public Health Act (Chapter 95)-Environmental Public Health (Section 31(1) Exemption) Regulations 2019

First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 13 May 2019 at 5 pm. No. S 386 ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (CHAPTER 95) ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH (SECTION 31(1) EXEMPTION) REGULATIONS 2019 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS Regulation 1. Citation and commencement 2. Exemption In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 110(1) and 111 of the Environmental Public Health Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations are the Environmental Public Health (Section 31(1) Exemption) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 13 May 2019. Exemption 2.—(1) Section 31(1) of the Act does not apply in relation to the collection, removal, transporting and storing of used cooking oil by Foodxervices Inc. Pte Ltd under an agreement with Alpha Biofuels (S) Pte. Ltd. (called in this regulation Alpha Biofuels), for the purposes of the sandbox trial. (2) In this regulation, “sandbox trial” means the trial conducted under Alpha Biofuels’ agreement with the Agency dated 13 May 2019 to test Alpha Biofuels’ — (a) business model for the collection of used cooking oil for recycling; and S 386/20191 (b) computer software named ACORN that facilitates such collection. Made on 6 May 2019. LEE CHUAN SENG Chairman, National Environment Agency, Singapore. [NEA/LD/39/6 Vol. 1; AG/LEGIS/SL/95/2015/21 Vol. 1] (To be presented to Parliament under section 111(4) of the Environmental Public Health Act). S 386/2019 2