No. S 426
Free Trade Zones Act 1966
Free Trade Zones (Data Sharing)
Regulations 2024
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Free Trade Zones Act 1966, the Minister for Finance makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Free Trade Zones (Data Sharing) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 20 May 2024.
Disclosure to authorised CDSA officer
2.—(1)  For the purposes of section 16A(2)(d) and (f) of the Act, a specified person mentioned in section 16A(1) of the Act may disclose any particulars, information or document submitted or given for the purposes of the Act to an authorised CDSA officer for the purposes of —
(a)prosecuting a serious offence or drug dealing offence; or
(b)enabling an authorised CDSA officer to investigate a suspected offence, being a serious offence or drug dealing offence.
(2)  In this regulation —
“authorised CDSA officer” means an individual who is an authorised officer as defined in section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;
“drug dealing offence” means —
(a)any offence specified in the First Schedule to the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 as in force on 20 May 2024;
(b)conspiracy to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c)inciting another to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
(d)attempting to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(e)aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
“serious offence” means —
(a)any offence specified in the Second Schedule to the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 as in force on 20 May 2024;
(b)conspiracy to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c)inciting another to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
(d)attempting to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(e)aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any offence mentioned in paragraph (a).
Disclosure to officer of customs
3.  For the purposes of section 16A(2)(d), (e) and (f) of the Act, a specified person mentioned in section 16A(1) of the Act may disclose any particulars, information or document submitted or given for the purposes of the Act to an officer of customs for the purposes of —
(a)enabling an officer of customs to investigate a suspected offence, or prosecuting an offence, under —
(i)section 90(3), 128(1), 128A(1), 128B(1), 128C, 128D, 128E, 128F, 128G, 128H, 128I(1), 128K, 129(1), 131(1), 132 or 133(1), or section 139 read with section 27(1) or (2), 33, 34(1), 36, 37, 39(1), 40(1), 41(1), 52(1) or (3)(a), 60(1) or 96(1) or (3), of the Customs Act 1960;
(ii)regulation 22 read with regulation 3(1), 4, 9 or 16(4), (5) or (6) of the Customs (Container) Regulations (Rg 1);
(iii)regulation 13(8), or regulation 117 read with regulation 8(1), 11(1) or 14(1) or (2), of the Customs Regulations (Rg 2);
(iv)section 5(7), 6(9), 9, 10(2), 11(4) or 30(1) of the Strategic Goods (Control) Act 2002;
(v)regulation 12(3) or 23 of the Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations (Rg 1);
(vi)section 8(1), 9(12) or (13), 12(2), 13(4) or 14 of the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 2000;
(vii)section 28(1), 28A(1) or 29(1) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995;
(viii)regulation 3(6), 4(6), 5A(3), 5B(7), 6(3), 8(4), 10(2), 11(5), 12(6), 15(3), 16(4), 19(3), 28(5), 30(3), 31(2), 35F(3), 42(3), 43(2) or 44 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations (Rg 1);
(ix)regulation 2(2) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports (Licensing) Regulations (Rg 2);
(x)regulation 7 read with regulation 3 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports (Chewing Gum) Regulations (Rg 4); or
(xi)regulation 3(2), 6(2), 9(2), 10(2), 11(2) or 12(2) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports (Kimberley Process) Regulations (Rg 8); or
(b)enabling an officer of customs to enforce section 52 of the Customs Act 1960.
Prescribed agreements
4.  The agreements specified in the Schedule are prescribed agreements for the purposes of section 16A(2)(j) of the Act.
Made on 15 May 2024.
LAI WEI LIN
Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[R031.001.0009.V1; AG/LEGIS/SL/114/2020/8 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 24(2) of the Free Trade Zones Act 1966).