Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing of Importers, Wholesalers and Retailers) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

No. S 725

Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act

(CHAPTER 309)

Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale)
(Licensing of Importers, Wholesalers and
Retailers) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 18 and 37(1) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing of Importers, Wholesalers and Retailers) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into operation on 1 January 2016.

Amendment of regulation 5

2. Regulation 5 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing of Importers, Wholesalers and Retailers) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 478/2010) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) The fee payable for an application under paragraph (1) or (2) is the appropriate application fee specified in the Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 6

3. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) The fee payable for the grant of a licence under paragraph (1) is the appropriate amount of licence fee based on the appropriate rate specified in the Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 8

4. Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:

“(1A) The fee payable for an application under paragraph (1) is the appropriate application fee specified in the Schedule.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) The fee payable for the renewal of a licence under paragraph (2) is the appropriate amount of licence fee based on the appropriate rate specified in the Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 9

5. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) The fee payable for a duplicate licence is the appropriate fee for the duplicate licence specified in the Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 10

6. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) Where the change in particulars informed under paragraph (1) requires the reissue of a licence incorporating such change, the fee payable for the reissue of the licence is the appropriate fee for such reissue specified in the Schedule.”.

Deletion of regulation 19

7. Regulation 19 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

New Schedule

8. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 18, the following Schedule:

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulations 5(3), 6(2), 8(1A) and (3),
9(2) and 10(2)

Fees

1.	Application fee for an import and wholesale licence

$100

2.	Application fee for a retail licence

$60

3.	Application fee to renew an import and wholesale licence

$100

4.	Application fee to renew a retail licence

$60

5.	Licence fee for an import and wholesale licence

$2,620 for each year of the term of the licence

6.	Licence fee for a retail licence

$340 for each year of the term of the licence

7.	Licence fee for renewal of an import and wholesale licence

$2,300 for each year of the term of the licence

8.	Licence fee for renewal of a retail licence

$240 for each year of the term of the licence

9.	Fee for a duplicate import and wholesale licence

$200

10.	Fee for a duplicate retail licence

$60

11.	Fee for reissue of an import and wholesale licence

$200

12.	Fee for reissue of a retail licence

$60

Note:

The fees specified in items 9 and 10 are inclusive of any goods and services tax payable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A).

”.

Transitional provisions

9.—(1) Regulations 2, 4(a) and 8 do not apply to any application made before 1 January 2016 under the principal Regulations for a licence or to renew a licence.

(2) The principal Regulations continue to apply to and in relation to any licence granted or renewed, any duplicate licence issued, or any licence reissued because of a change in particulars, on or after 1 January 2016 as if these Regulations are not enacted if —

(a)	the application for the licence or duplicate licence, or to renew the licence, was made before that date; or
(b)	the holder of the licence informed the Chief Executive of the change in particulars before that date.

Made on 27 November 2015.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:29/2 Vol. 11; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2015/3 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 37(2) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act).

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