Beau Bassin/Rose
Hill (Disposal of Refuse) Regulations 1996
GN No. 86 of 1996
Abstract
1. No person shall deposit, or cause, or permit to be deposited,
any household or trade refuse, waste, litter, vehicle wreck,
excavation or builder’s rubble, household furniture
or any other material on a street, pavement, waste land,
vacant premises, drain, canal or any public place;
2. No person shall deposit, or cause, or permit to be deposited,
any building material on a street, pavement, waste land,
vacant premises, drain, canal or any public place, unless
he hold a prior written authorisation from the Municipal
Council authorising him to do so. In the event of such authorization,
the deposit or stacking should be in strict conformity with
the terms and conditions of the authorisation.
3. The occupier or owner of any premises or flat shall:
(a) at all time keep the premises clean and free from all
undergrowth; and
(b) not dump, or cause, or permit the dumping of, any refuse,
vehicle wreck, excavation or builder’s rubble, or
any other waste material on the premises.
4. Every occupier of residential premises shall deposit
or cause to be deposited, any refuse, or any other waste
material, in a receptacle, whether used exclusively by
him or in common to all occupiers of the flat.
5. For the purpose of Regulations 5, 6 and 10 the receptacle
shall be –
(a) of such material, size and constructions as may be
reasonably practicable for the collection of refuse by
the Council;
(b) within the premises of the occupier and reasonably
close to the main entrance;
(c) provided with a closed fitting lid; and
(d) periodically, or on request by the officer cleaned
and washed by the occupier.
6. Every occupier of commercial premises shall deposit
his receptacle/s on the pavement as close as possible to
his premises by 7 a.m. and remove the receptacle after
it has been emptied by the Council.
7. Where any vacant premises are
(a) partly, or wholly, covered with undergrowth, or
(b) dumped with any refuse, vehicle wreck, excavation or
builder’s rubble, household furniture or any other
material prejudicial to public health or conducive to pollution,
an officer may serve on the owner a notice requiring him
to cut down, remove, or dispose of, the undergrowth or
material.
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