Transboundary Haze Pollution (Notice to Attend Court) Regulations 2014

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No. S 621
Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
(ACT 24 OF 2014)
Transboundary Haze Pollution
(Notice to Attend Court)
Regulations 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Transboundary Haze Pollution (Notice to Attend Court) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 25 September 2014.
Form of notice
2.  A notice under section 17(1) of the Act requiring a person to attend court shall be in Form A (where the offence is compoundable) or Form B, set out in the Schedule.
THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
FORM A
TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION ACT 2014
(ACT 24 OF 2014)
NOTICE TO ATTEND COURT
(SECTION 17(1))
Name: ________________________
Date of offence: ________________
NRIC/ID/Passport* No.: __________
Time of offence: ________________
Date of Birth: ___________
Sex: M/F
Place of offence: ____________
Address: _______________________________________________________
Particulars of offence: ____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
contrary to section _______ of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014 (Act 24 of 2014) (“Act”) and punishable under ________________________.
The above offence may be compounded by paying the amount stated overleaf by [date]
 
UPON PAYMENT YOUR ATTENDANCE IN COURT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY
The Director‑General of Environmental Protection may compound the offence in accordance with section 19(1) of the Act if the offence committed is under section 10(6) or (7) or 14 of the Act.
 
IF THE COMPOSITION IS NOT PAID
TAKE NOTICE that you are required to attend personally before Court No. __________ at the State Courts, 1 Havelock Square, Singapore 059724, on ________________ at [             a.m./p.m.*] to answer a charge in respect of the abovementioned offence. If you, without just cause, fail to appear before the Court on the said date and time, a warrant for your arrest may be issued to compel your attendance and you may be liable to a penalty not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 months.
__________________
Date of Issue
 
__________________
Signature of Issuing Officer
 
Name of Issuing Officer: __________________________________________
Designation/Department of Issuing Officer: ___________________________
*Delete whichever is inapplicable
 
OFFER OF COMPOSITION
Offences under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
Amount offered to compound
Section 10(6) or (7) or 14
$1,000
PAYMENT ADVICE
(a)Payment can only be made after 3 working days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays).
(b)All payment must be made in full. Partial or late payment received in any form will be returned to you and the offer of composition is deemed to have been withdrawn.
(c)Cheque, money order or postal order should be crossed and made payable to “National Environment Agency” and sent to the Finance Department, National Environment Agency, 40 Scotts Road, Environment Building, Singapore 228231. The Notice to Attend Court must accompany the payment. Please write your name, NRIC/ID/Passport No. and Notice No. on the reverse side of your cheque, money order or postal order.
(d)Payment may be made through any AXS station.
(e)Payment by cash, NETS or CashCard may be made at the NEA Customer Service Centre at the Environment Building, 40 Scotts Road, Singapore 228231 between 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays and between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on Saturdays excluding all public holidays. Payment by NETS or CashCard would be preferred.
FORM B
TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION ACT 2014
(ACT 24 OF 2014)
NOTICE TO ATTEND COURT
(SECTION 17(1))
To:  Name, NRIC/ID/Passport Number and address of person.
 
Your attendance is necessary to answer to the charge of
 
[state the offence]
 
You are hereby required to attend personally before Court No. _________ at the State Courts, 1 Havelock Square, Singapore 059724, on (date) at (time); and you are hereby warned that if you, without just cause, fail to appear before the Court on the said date and time, a warrant for your arrest may be issued to compel your attendance.
 
(Signature)
 
 
 
 
 
Name and designation of authorised officer
Made on 23 September 2014.
CHEW GEK KHIM
Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.
[NEA/LD/174; AG/LLRD/SL/333B/2013/2 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 24(3) of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014).

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