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- The ‘Haze’ Crisis in Southeast Asia: Assessing Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
The ‘Haze’ Crisis in Southeast Asia: Assessing Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
Year of Publication: 2015
Month of Publication: 2
Author(s): Alan Khee Jin Tan
Research Area(s): Environmental and Climate Change
Name of Working Paper Series:
NUS Law Working Paper
WPS Paper Number: LAW-WPS-1502
Abstract:
On 25 September 2014, Singapore's new Transboundary Haze Pollution Act came into operation. The Act is a dramatic piece of legislation that creates extra-territorial liability for entities engaging in setting fires abroad that cause transboundary smoke or "haze" pollution in Singapore. The impetus for the Act's enactment can be traced to the serious haze pollution that hit Singapore in June 2013.