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Carbon Pricing Act
The Carbon Pricing Act is to govern the reporting of, and the payment of a tax in relation to, greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental Public Health Act
The Environmental Public Health Act aims to improve Singapore's public-health laws by standardising the code governing public-health-related matters such as hygiene standards of eating places, markets and public places as well as the provision of public environmental services.
Environmental Protection and Management Act
The Environmental Protection and Management Act is to consolidate the laws relating to environmental pollution control, to provide for the protection and management of the environment and resource conservation, and for purposes connected therewith.
Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act
The Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act is to provide for the regulation of the export, import and transit of hazardous and other wastes, and for related purposes.
Resource Sustainability Act
The Resource Sustainability Act, introduced by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR), is an integral part of Singapore’s strategy to build a sustainable, resource-efficient and climate-resilient nation. The Act will give legislative effect to the regulatory measures targeting the three priority waste streams of e-waste, food waste and packaging waste, including plastics.
Quick Legal Tips - Data Protection
Given the increasing digitalisation of businesses, there has been an increasing emphasis on personal data and data protection in today’s context. The General Data Protection Regulation, or in short, the GDPR, will sound familiar to many and particularly, the high-profile court cases involving Max Schrems and Facebook over the years. Locally, the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) is the governing data protection legislation in Singapore. Although the PDPA is neither as comprehensive nor as stringent as the GDPR, recent amendments have appeared to bring the PDPA to be more in line with the GDPR. For the purposes of this article, the focus will be on the data protection obligations imposed on companies by the PDPA.