No. S 607
Regulation of Imports and Exports Act
(Chapter 272A)
Regulation of Imports and Exports (Amendment) Regulations 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act, the Trade Development Board, with the approval of the Minister for Trade and Industry, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Regulation of Imports and Exports (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.
[G.N. Nos. S 591/99;S 27/2000]
New regulation 24B
2.  The Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations (Rg 1) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 24A, the following regulation:
Issue of preferential certificate of origin
24B.—(1)  Where a preferential tariff arrangement or agreement exists between Singapore and a country of import, nothing in this Part shall prevent any manufacturer or exporter from issuing on his own account, in respect of any goods for export or re-export from Singapore, a preferential certificate of origin in such form and manner acceptable to the country of import.
(2)  A manufacturer or exporter referred to in paragraph (1) shall maintain a record of all preferential certificates of origin issued, including copies of the documents which verify such certificates, for such period of time as may be required under the relevant preferential tariff arrangement or agreement or by the Board, as the case may be.
(3)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence.”.
Amendment of regulation 25
3.  Regulation 25 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the word “Any” in the 1st line and substituting the words “Except where otherwise permitted under this Part, any”.
Amendment of regulation 27
4.  Regulation 27 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “Part”, the words “(except regulation 24B)”.

Made this 28th day of December 2000.

STEPHEN LEE
Chairman,
Trade Development Board,
Singapore.
[TDB 35 02 05-01 V7; AG/LEG/SL/272A/97/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 3(4) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act).