LAGOS STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION LAW

[EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS LAW HAS BEEN REPEALED BY THE LAGOS STATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION LAW 2017]

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Duty of owner, tenant, occupier, etc.

2.       Cleanliness of backyard

3.       Cleanliness of toilets/bathrooms in restaurants/hotels etc.

4.       Use of sanitary litter bins

5.       Every commercial vehicle to carry litter bins

6.       Obstruction and improper disposal or dumping of refuse

7.       Disposal of refuse

8.       Prohibition of posting of handbills by individuals and protection of Government posters, etc.

9.       Structure on road setback and abuse of open spaces

10.     Prohibition of cutting of roads without approval

11.     Fees for permit

12.     Maintenance of drains, sewage and septic banks

13.     Vacant lands

14.     Covered vehicles and containers to transport refuse

15.     Prohibition of waste burying, storage or burning of trade waste on tenement and use of incinerator without permit

16.     Silt removal

17.     Obnoxious or poisonous waste

18.     Penalties and Offences

19.     Registration of private refuse operators

20.     Application for registration

21.     Licence

22.     Power to cancel or suspend licence

23.     Designation of refuse disposal sites

24.     Penalties

25.     Private refuse collectors to be treated as contractors of the local government

26.     Power of the Ministry and local government

27.     Penalties and offences

28.     Issuance of abatement notices

29.     Special Offences Court

30.     Establishment of the corps

31.     Membership of the corps 

32.     Appointment of corps members

33.     Registration of members

34.     Identification card

35.     Comprehensive Register

36.     Removal of names of members

37.     Functions of the corps

38.     Arrest of offenders

39.     Regulations

40.     Repeal of No. 3 of 1998

41.     Interpretation

42.     Citation and Commencement

ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION LAW

A law to provide for Environment Sanitation in Lagos State, to establish the Environmental Sanitation Corps and for connected purposes.

[No. 1 2001]

COMMENCEMENT            [21st November 2000]

THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:

Duty of owner, tenant, occupier, etc.

1.       As from the commencement of this Law, every owner, tenant and occupier of any building shall –

(a)     keep clean the sidewalks and gutter area (45cm from the side walk into the Street) along the building frontage, sides and back at all time;

(b)     bind all old newspaper, loose papers, rubbish and rags before putting out for collection;

(c)     put refuse into securely tied plastic bags or leak proof dustbins with tightly fitting lids;

(d)     keep refuse dustbins within their premises until the time of collection;

(e)     ensure that refuse dustbins are covered at all times with tight fitting cover,

(f)      not dump yard sweepings, hedge cuttings, grass, leaves, earth, stones, bricks or business waste with household
refuse;

(g)     not use dustbins which may be leaking or permitting Utter to escape or which might injure people handling them; and

(h)     not litter, sweep out, or throw ashes, refuse, paper, nylon, and rubbish into any street, public place or vacant plot

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