Section 108
Regulations
of Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007
(1)
The Minister may make such regulations as may be expedient or necessary for the better carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
prescribing the standards and specifications for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of any prescribed solid waste management facilities;
(b)
prescribing the methods or manner of collection, transportation, treatment or disposal of controlled solid waste including the types of controlled solid waste which may require pre-treatment before its disposal;
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(c)
prescribing the scheme for carrying out solid waste management services including the duties and obligations of licensee and solid waste generators, the geographical area, the types of controlled solid waste and the services to be provided;
(d)
prescribing the design, type and number of receptacles to be provided and the materials or articles which may or may not be placed in the receptacles;
(e)
prescribing the specifications and requirements for vehicles used in transportation of controlled solid waste;
(f)
prescribing the methods or manner and level of recycling by any prescribed solid waste management facilities;
(g)
prescribing any controlled solid waste to be recyclable solid waste and the duty of any person to separate recyclable solid waste;
(h)
prescribing the duty of any person to separate special solid waste and the requirements for storage at any premises;
(i)
prescribing the methods or manner for carrying out the public cleansing management services;
(j)
prescribing the form and contents of licences to be granted under this Act, the conditions to be imposed and the fees to be paid for the licences;
(k)
prescribing the manner and form to be used and information to be furnished for any of the purposes of this Act;
(l)
prescribing the form of notifications, notices, orders or directions to be made under this Act and the manner of service thereof;
(m)
prescribing the offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used in and the method and procedure for compounding offences;
(n)
prescribing the charges, fees, levy or the rate for late payment charges which may be prescribed under this
Act;
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(o)
prescribing the keeping and maintenance of register;
(p)
prescribing the submission of data by the owner or occupier of any premises generating any controlled solid waste and any licensee providing solid waste management services;
(q)
prescribing the procedures in taking and dealing with samples of any controlled solid waste;
(r)
prescribing the manner and form in respect of plans and specifications for any prescribed solid waste management facilities to be submitted under this Act;
(s)
prescribing specific qualifications for any person involved with any solid waste management services;
(t)
prescribing all other matters as are necessary or expedient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act or for the purposes of removing any difficulties occasioned by the coming into operation of this Act or any of its provisions.
(2)
Regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe any act or omission in contravention of any of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe penalty of a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both for such offence.