Malaysia legislation

Section 73

of Sustainable Resources and Wastes Management, 2025

Section 73

Regulations

(a)

prescribe the manner or specific procedure for segregation, collection, transportation, treatment, recycling of sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or disposal of any type of wastes including its designated places, vehicle used for collection and transportation by the licensed service provider, construction and operation of licensed sustainable resources or wastes management facility, installation of equipment or machinery and any matter related thereto;

(b)

prescribe for licensing including its renewal, revocation and any matter related thereto;

(c)

prescribe the manner of preparation or submission of report to the Authority;

(d)

prescribe and regulate the generation of energy including its feedstock, usage and products from such generation process and any matter related thereto;

(e)

prescribe and regulate the production of non-energy including fertiliser, biochar and any matter related thereto;

(f)

regulate or control any activities or any work or matter related to sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or wastes management, under this Ordinance and its regulations;

(g)

prescribe and regulate the development and implementation of management system and technology related to sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or wastes;

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(h)

prescribe materials recovery facilities and any matter related thereto;

(i)

prescribe any system or mechanism for collection and transportation of sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or wastes;

(j)

prescribe any matters related to importation and exportation of sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or wastes;

(k)

regulate or control any activity which may have significant or adverse impact to any activity related specifically to sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or wastes management;

(l)

prescribe for fees, levy or any charges imposed under this Ordinance and providing the manner for collecting and disbursing such fees, levy or charges;

(m)

prescribe advances, loans, grants in aid and incentives to persons or body of persons pursuant to this Ordinance;

(n)

prescribe the procedure for assessment of rate for compensation or financial penalty that the Authority may require any person to pay for any breach or damage caused due to the act, omission, neglect or default of such person under this Ordinance and its regulation or any matter related thereof;

(o)

prescribe the offences which may be compounded, the limit of the sum of money to be collected for compounding such offences and the procedure and forms to be complied with in compounding;

(p)

regulate any investment by any investor or potential investor or any financier or potential financier, whether local or foreign in relation to sustainable resources including controlled sustainable resources or wastes management under this Ordinance or its regulations; and

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(q)

any matter or thing which requires to be prescribed or provided for as may be necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2)

Such regulations may provide that the contravention of any particular regulations shall constitute an offence and may provide for the punishment of any such offence by penalties not exceeding five million ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, a sum not exceeding ten thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence continues.

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