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← Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Environmental Public Health Act 1987 s 16

s 16 All refuse, etc., collected to be property of Agency

16.—(1) All refuse, waste and filth of every sort and any matter or thing collected by the employees, contractors or agents of the Agency from streets, buildings or any premises or place or brought by any person to any public disposal facility are the property of the Agency which may sell or dispose of the refuse, waste and filth as it thinks fit. (2) Despite subsection (1), any refuse, waste and filth of every sort, and any other matter or thing, that is conveyed within the refuse pipeline networks of any DPWCS established under Part 3B is also the property of the Agency which the Agency may sell or dispose of as the Agency thinks fit.[48/2018] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (3) A person must not, without the written permission of the Director‑General, remove any refuse, waste or filth or any other matter or thing brought into any disposal facility for disposal or treatment.

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