Public Places or Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 2025

L.N. 267 of 2025

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Abandonment, Dumping and Disposal of Waste in Streets and

Public Places or Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of

the Environment Protection Act, the Minister responsible for the

Environment, after consultation with the Environment and Resources

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Abandonment,

Dumping and Disposal of Waste in Streets and Public Places or Areas

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Abandonment, Dumping and Disposal

of Waste in Streets and Public Places or Areas Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as the "principal regulations".

In Schedule 3 to the principal regulations the words "by

means of a Government notice in the Gazette." shall be substituted by

the words "by means of a Government notice in the Gazette:" and

immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new proviso

"Provided that where a scheduled collection day

coincides with a public holiday, such collection may be carried

out on the next working day or on another day as determined by

the Authority after being duly informed of such need by the

Department for Local Government, and also provided that

adequate notice is given to the residents.".

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