Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Dec 2020

No. S 1103

Customs Act

(CHAPTER 70)

Customs (Duties)
(Amendment No. 2) Order 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2020 and comes into operation on 1 January 2021.

Amendment of paragraph 4

2. Paragraph 4 of the Customs (Duties) Order (O 4) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (za) of sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(zb)

the United Kingdom.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (4X), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(4Y) Goods are deemed to have originated from and be consigned direct from the United Kingdom if the goods —

(a)	are considered as originating in the United Kingdom according to Section 2 of the Protocol in the Appendix to the Annex of the United Kingdom‑Singapore Free Trade Agreement (called in this paragraph the UKSFTA Protocol); and
(b)	satisfy the territorial requirements mentioned in Section 3 of the UKSFTA Protocol.”;

(c)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (z) of sub‑paragraph (5) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(za)

where the goods are from the United Kingdom, an Origin Declaration by the exporter of the goods that is in the form required for the goods by the United Kingdom‑Singapore Free Trade Agreement.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (7Q), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(7R) An Origin Declaration under sub‑paragraph (5)(za) is not required for the importation of goods that —

(a)

are sent as a small package from a private person to another private person, or form part of a traveller’s personal luggage;

(b)

are not imported by the importer on a regular basis;

(c)

are for the personal use of the recipient of the goods, or a traveller, or the family of the recipient or traveller;

(d)

to the satisfaction of a proper officer of customs based on the nature and quantity of the goods, are not intended for a commercial purpose;

(e)

have been declared by the importer to a proper officer of customs as meeting the requirements of the United Kingdom‑Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and the proper officer of customs does not doubt the veracity of the declaration; and

(f)

have a total value that does not exceed —

(i)	where the goods are sent from a private person to another private person as a small package, 500 euros; and
(ii)	where the goods form part of a traveller’s personal luggage, 1,200 euros.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 660/2009; S 349/2010; S 68/2011; S 658/2011; S 65/2012; S 98/2013; S 353/2013; S 551/2013; S 94/2014; S 263/2014; S 363/2014; S 843/2014; S 85/2015; S 369/2016; S 54/2017; S 551/2017; S 685/2017; S 735/2017; S 86/2018; S 390/2018; S 471/2018; S 575/2018; S 884/2018; S 48/2019; S 105/2019; S 303/2019; S 456/2019; S 508/2019; S 724/2019; S 746/2019; S 896/2019; S 801/2020]

Made on 28 December 2020.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[C.07.01.02.001.V003; MOF R017.003.0001.V15; AG/LEGIS/SL/70/2020/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).

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